Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Seco

The Loss of White Prestige

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221 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: St Antony's Series
• ISBN: 9780312232146
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2000
• Genre: Geschichte/20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945)
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK