Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Seco
This book examines the response of British policy-makers to the collapse of belief in racial superiority, and with it the ideological basis of empire, following the fall of Singapore in 1942. The book studies the Anglo-American debate in which British officials, led by Lord Hailey, countered American criticisms of imperial rule by emphasizing economic development and peace-keeping as new, non-racial justifications for western authority. These are themes that have retained a powerful resonance on the post-war world.
| Autor: | NA, NA |
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| ISBN: | 9780312232146 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 221 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.09.2000 |
| Untertitel: | The Loss of White Prestige |
| Schlagworte: | Colonial Office empire politics |
Suke Wolton is a Junior Research Fellow at St. Cross College, Oxford.