Decolonisation and the British Empire, 1775-1997
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This book analyzes the ideas and policies that governed the British experience of decolonization. It shows how the British 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. D. George Boyce places the process of decolonization in its wider context, tracing the 20th century domestic and international conditions that hastened decolonization.
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"This book combines an analysis of the ideas and policies that governed the British experience of decolonisation. It shows how the British - or 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. The author places the process of decolonisation in its wider context, tracing the twentieth-century domestic and international conditions that hastened decolonisation and, through a close analysis of not only the policy choices but the language of British imperialism, the book throws new light on the British way of managing both the expansion and contraction of empire."--BOOK JACKET.
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Decolonisation and the British Empire, 1775-1997
Decolonisation and the British Empire, 1775-1997,David George Boyce,Palgrave Macmillan,0333621042,Colonies,Decolonization,Great Britain,History,History: World,Imperialism,20th century,British Empire,Colonization & independence,Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas,World history: c 1750 to c 1900,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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