Anticolonialism in British Politics : The Left and the End of Empire 1918-1964 Hardback
by Stephen (Tutor in Politics, Tutor in Politics, Ruskin College, Oxford) Howe
Part of the Oxford Historical Monographs series
Hardback
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This is the first full scholarly study of British anticolonialism, an offshoot of a massive global upsurge of sentiment which has dominated much of the history of this century.
In this wide-ranging and important book, Stephen Howe surveys the attitudes and activities relating to colonial issues of British critics of Empire during the years of decolonisation.
He also evaluates the changing ways in which, arising out of the experience of Empire and decolonisation, more general ideas about imperialism, nationalism, and underdevelopment were developed during these years.
His discussion encompasses both the left wing of the Labour Party and groups outside it: in the Communist Party, other independent left-wing groups, and single-issue campaigns. The book has considerable contemporary relevance, for British reactions to more recent events - the Falklands and Gulf Wars, race relations, South African apartheid - cannot fully be understood except in the context of the experience of decolonisation and the legacy of Empire.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:392 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/11/1993
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- ISBN:9780198204237
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:392 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/11/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198204237
