Money and the End of Empire: British International Economic Policy and the Colonies, 1947-58

ISBN-13: 9780333919835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 311 str.

Gerold Krozewski

Opis

This text illuminates British imperial policy after World War II in the context of economic policy and suggests a novel argument about the end of the British empire. Economic discrimination in the empire in the late 1940s and early 1950s sustained Britain's recovery, when political control in the colonies was feasible. Subsequently, economic liberalization and the move towards financial cosmopolitanism, combined with rising constraints for economic and political management in the colonies, loosened and ultimately severed Britain's imperial link.

Spis treści

Dedication List of Figures, Tables and Appendices Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Exploring Britain's Postwar Imperial Relations PART I: BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND EMPIRE Sterling, Britain's Imperial Relations and the Wider World: The Legacy Britain, the Sterling Area, and the Empire: Key Economic Relationships, 1947-58 PART II: CONVERGENCE: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND STERLING CRISES, 1947, 1949, 1951 Britain's Postwar Economic Reconstruction: Discrimination and Empire, 1947-53 The Colonies, Economic Booms, and Trade Discrimination: Britain's Recovery Supported, 1947-53 PART III: DIVERGENCE: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND PLANNED LIBERALIZATION, 1953-56 Britain and Economic Liberalization: Imperial Relations Adjusted, 1953-56 The Colonies, Politics, and Economic Development: Britain's Liberalization Challenged, 1953-56 PART IV: SEPARATION: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND THE RETURN TO MULTILATERALISM, TOWARDS 1958 AND BEYOND Britain's New Cosmopolitanism: Financial Realignment and Imperial Relations, 1958 and Beyond The Sterling Empire and the International Economy: Frictions with Cosmopolitan Britain, 1958 and Beyond Conclusion: The End of the British Empire: A Synthesis and an Interpretation Notes Archival Sources and Bibliography Index

O autorze

GEROLD KROZEWSKI is Lecturer in History at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.