Imperial Island : An Alternative History of the British Empire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Charlotte Lydia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--21st century.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--21st century.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--21st century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2024.

Summary:

After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But over the next seventy years, empire came to define Britain and its people as never before. Drawing on a mass of new research, Riley tells a story of immigration and exclusion, social strife and cultural transformation. It is the story that best explains Britain today.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Empire's Shadows

1. Home and Away in the Second World War

2. The People's Peace: The Attlee Government, 1945-1951

3. Never Had It So Good?: Britain in the 1950s

4. Losing an Empire: Decolonization, 1950s-1960s

5. No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish: Migration and Racism in the 1960s and 1970s

6. Britain's Troubled Conscience: Empire, War, and Famine in the 1980s

7. From Cool Britannia to Brexit Britain: Imperialism since the 1990s

Conclusion: Where We're Going, We Don't Need Rhodes

A Note on Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-29692-3

0-674-29691-5

OCLC:

1429612519