The Political Economy of Imperial Relations: Britain, the Sterling Area, and Malaya, 1945-1960

ISBN-13: 9781137373977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 222 str.

Alex Sutton

Opis

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations considers the relationship between Britain and Malaya after World War Two in theoretical and historical terms. It develops a new approach to imperialism, situating an understanding of the state in terms of the global economy. This approach challenges existing accounts of the relationship between Britain and Malaya by positing that it can best be characterized in terms of continuity rather than discontinuity. By analyzing the period from 1945 to 1960, the book charts Britain's commitment to Malaya, as well as Malaya's value to Britain, as part of the Sterling Area and in terms of the difficulties facing both the British and global economy at the time.

Recenzje

'This study combines a broad approach to modern imperialism with detailed, archive-based analysis of the Malayan case. By doing so it offers important new insights into the complex relations between financial and political power in the dying days of the formal British Empire' Jim Tomlinson, University of Glasgow, UK

''Accumulate, accumulate! That is Moses and the prophets!', relays Karl Marx in Capital. Alex Sutton reveals new theoretical and historical insights about capital accumulation, the state and class struggle in this fascinating book. It is set to reinvigorate a new wave of contentions within and beyond Marxist understandings of the political economy of imperialism that should be read far and wide.' Adam David Morton, University of Sydney, UK

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.