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Money and the End of Empire

British International Economic Policy and the Colonies, 1947–58

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Gerold Krozewski

    1. Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exploring Britain’s Postwar Imperial Relations

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 3-12

  4. Convergence: Britain, Empire and Sterling Crises, 1947, 1949, 1951

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Britain’s Postwar Economic Reconstruction: Discrimination and Empire, 1947–53

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 61-80

    3. The Colonies, Economic Booms and Trade Discrimination: Britain’s Recovery Supported, 1947–53

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 81-104

  5. Divergence: Britain, Empire and Planned Liberalization, 1953–56

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Britain and Economic Liberalization: Imperial Relations Adjusted, 1953–56

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 107-127

    3. The Colonies, Politics and Economic Development: Britain’s Liberalization Challenged, 1953–56

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 128-146

  6. Separation: Britain, Empire and the Return to Multilateralism, Towards 1958 and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Britain’s New Cosmopolitanism: Financial Realignment and Imperial Relations, 1958 and Beyond

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 149-167

    3. The Sterling Empire and the International Economy: Frictions with Cosmopolitan Britain, 1958 and Beyond

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 168-188

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. The End of the British Empire: A Synthesis and an Interpretation

      • Gerold Krozewski
      Pages 191-209

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 210-311
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About this book

This book presents a penetrating new analysis of the end of the empire, located at the intersection of politics, economy and society in Britain and the colonies. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, when political control was feasible, discriminatory management of the colonies sustained Britain's postwar recovery. But synergy turned into conflict as Britain moved towards economic liberalization and financial cosmopolitanism, and found it increasingly difficult to reconcile established relations with emerging priorities. Based on a wide range of archival and other sources, this study relates political and economic developments in Britain and the colonies in original ways to overcome the gulf between peripheralist and Euro-centric explanations of postwar British imperial relations, and helps redress the neglect of the empire in modern international history. Money and the End of Empire will nourish debates in British and international economic and political history and is essential reading for historians of Britain and the empire.

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  • Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

    Gerold Krozewski

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GEROLD KROZEWSKI is Lecturer in History at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

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