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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald Hyam |
| ISBN: | 9780521866491 0521866499 9780521685559 0521685559 |
| OCLC Number: | 71808156 |
| Description: | xvii, 464 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: The essence of the empire -- The futility and the irony -- 1. 'The whole world is rocking': British governments and a dysfunctional imperial system, 1918-1945 -- Racism -- Zionism -- Nationalism -- Idealism: the British commonwealth -- Geopolitics -- New directions - and war -- 2. 'British imperialism is dead': the Attlee government and the end of empire, 1945-1951 -- Who was in charge? -- The transfer of power in Asia: India, Burma, and Ceylon -- Palestine -- Economic problems and geopolitical imperatives -- The new African policy -- The Gold Coast -- Cyprus and 'Enosis' -- The Islamic world -- Labour's legacy -- 3. 'Rugged and tangled difficulties': the Churchill and Eden governments and the end of empire, 1951-1956 -- Personalities and other constraints -- The African colonies -- Other territories -- Commonwealth issues -- Egypt: decline and fall -- 4. 'The wind of change is blowing': the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments and the end of empire, 1957-1964 -- Policy-making: ministers, officials and governors -- Planning: surveys and statements -- Political developments -- Problems: the international context -- 5. 'We could no longer afford to honour our pledges': the Wilson government and the end of empire, 1964-1968 -- Mentalities and priorities -- Generalities -- Particularities. |
| Responsibility: | Ronald Hyam. |
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'There is no shortage of books on end of empire, but Britain's Declining Empire stands out from the crowd for reliability, readability and scholarship. Writing with an originality and authority that few can match, he has produced a vivid, riveting, frequently amusing and profoundly thoughtful book that marks a significant advance on other studies of decolonization and deserves a wide audience.' A. J. Stockwell, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London 'No one writes with more authority and felicity on the history of the British Empire than Ronald Hyam. This book on British rule and decolonization is destined to become a classic.' Wm Roger Louis, Kerr Chair in English History and Culture, University of Texas at Austin 'This magisterial volume, a sequel to Britain's Imperial Century, 1815-1914 (1976), is the distillation of a lifetime's learning and teaching about the British Empire. ... [Hyam] is a consummate historian with a transcendent literary style and he has crowned his career with a tour de force.' Literary Review 'It will probably come to be regarded as the best single-volume general account of decolonisation that has been written and answers familiar questions about the end of empire exceptionally well. In a field that has grown rich with general accounts, it offers the greatest sense of colour and personality in considering the end of empire, combined with an Olympian breadth of vision.' English Historical Review Read more...
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- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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- Britse Gemenebest.
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- Entkolonialisierung -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
- Entkolonialisierung.
- Entkolonialisierung -- British Commonwealth -- Geschichte -- 1918-1968.
- Grossbritannien.
- Grossbritannien -- Politik -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
- British Commonwealth -- Entkolonialisierung -- Geschichte -- 1918-1968.
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