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Britain's Declining Empire: The Road to Decolonisation, 1918–1968

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Hyam, Ronald·2007·Cambridge University Press
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511802898
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An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007 book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on the experience of decolonization across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar, interwar and wartime crises from 1918 to 1945 but the main emphasis is on the period after 1945 and the gradual unravelling of empire as a result of international criticism, and the growing imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in 1947 to Swaziland in 1968, the major crises such as Suez and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill, Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation.

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Authors
Hyam, R.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Hyam, Ronald
Venue
Cambridge University Press
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2007
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511802898
OpenAlex
W407684309
Semantic Scholar
6e5df1ad267a1c4f683c80b02aa60763a65b8a49
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111
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2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 10
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6.30
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book
Language
en
Open access
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Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › African history and culture studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political and Economic history of UK and US
Keywords
British Empire, decolonization, end of empire, British foreign policy, post-war Britain, Suez Crisis, transfer of power, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee

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