Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain's Late Decolonisation

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-65159-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4703 g

Reihe: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. Duncan Sandys was one of the leading Conservative politicians of the middle decades of twentieth-century Britain.  He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy of decolonisation, serving as Secretary for the Colonies and Commonwealth Relations from 1960 to 1964. When he lost office he fought strenuously to undermine the new Labour Government’s attempts to accelerate colonial withdrawal and improve race relations in Britain. Sandys developed important private business interests in Africa and intervened personally through both public and official channels on the question of Rhodesia, Commonwealth immigration and the ‘East of Suez’ withdrawal in the late 1960s. This book will appeal to students of decolonisation and twentieth-century British politics alike.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooke, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Duncan Sandys’ Career and Decolonisation.- 3. Saving South Arabia.- 4. Making Peace with Rhodesia.- 5. ‘Turn off the Tap’: Immigration and Race Relations.- 6. The Kenyan Asian Crisis and the ‘White Passport Act'.- 7. Conclusion. 

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Brooke studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge and King’s College, London and now teaches colonial and modern British political history at King’s College, London, UK. Previously he held the Archives By-Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge. Peter has also published on Enoch Powell and the politics of immigration in 1960s.