Decolonisation and the British Empire, 1775-1997 (Hardcover)

This book combines an analysis of the ideas and policies that governed the British experience of decolonization. It shows how the British, perhaps more correctly the English, political tradition, with its emphasis on experience over abstract theory, was integral to the way in which the empire was regarded as being transformed rather than lost. This was a significant aspect of the relatively painless British loss of empire. It places the process of decolonization in its wider context, tracing the twentieth-century domestic and international conditions that hastened decolonization, and, through a close analysis of not only the policy choices but also the language of British imperialism, it throws new light on the British way of managing both the expansion and contraction of empire.

General

Imprint:	Red Globe Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	George Boyce
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	317
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-62103-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-333-62103-4
Barcode:	9780333621035

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