David Thackeray has written an authoritative and compelling account of the emergence, growth, and decline of the "British World"; that is, the networks of trade and communication between the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, between the late nineteenth century and the 1970s.
David Thackeray's work has explored the political culture of modern Britain and its involvement in trade networks. Having undertaken his PhD at Cambridge he is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. With Andrew Thompson and Richard Toye, he has edited Imagining Britain's Economic Future, c.1800-1975: Trade, Consumerism, and Global Markets (2018).