Sutton The Political Economy of Imperial Relations

Britain, the Sterling Area, and Malaya 1945-1960
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-37398-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Reihe: History (R0)

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations offers a much needed historical and theoretical intervention into the relationship between Britain and Malaya after the Second World War. It challenges existing accounts and details a strong continuity in this relationship from 1945 until 1960.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sutton, Alex

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Conceptualising British Imperialism
3. British Relative Economic Decline
4. The Dollar Drain and Colonial Import Policy (1945 – 1950)
5. The Dollar Deficit Continues (1950 – 1955)
6. Malayan Independence and the Sterling Area (1955 – 1960)
7. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Alex Sutton is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research interests and published work focus on the British Empire in the 20th Century, and the intellectual history of the study of imperialism.