LEADER 03829nam 2200565 450 001 9910790536303321 005 20230919004004.0 010 $a1-4438-5324-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001128014 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25702772 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001130221 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11642899 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001130221 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11109440 035 $a(PQKB)10999712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1477545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1477545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10778119 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL528648 035 $a(OCoLC)861081538 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB148012 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001128014 100 $a20131108d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBritish decolonisation, 1918-1984 /$fedited by Richard Davis 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, UK :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (159 pages )$cillustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4438-5049-7 311 $a1-299-97397-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aFew subjects have aroused more controversy in recent years than that of empire, and that of the British Empire in particular. Few other subjects are of greater importance to todayas world. How the British Empire was created and maintained, and the impact it had on both the colonised and the colonisers, have been the source of long-running and heated debates amongst historians, politicians and in the media. For several decades it has been analysed from numerous different perspectives, providing a wide range of differing interpretations. Over recent years, new studies have extended the scope of imperial history into previously ignored fields that have significantly added to our understanding. Imperial history can, therefore, no longer be regarded as the exclusive realm of the political historian, or the reserve of an essentially British approach. - - The British Empire was complex. Each of the far-flung components that made it up had its own particularities. At various times and in various places it took on different forms and had different meanings. It affected people across the globe in a multitude of ways. This inevitably produces a multi-facetted picture. The large number of actors, in Britain and in the colonised world, who played a part in its history adds to this impression. As a consequence, it is difficult to come up with one, all-encompassing, history of the British Empire. - - All these aspects of the British Empire are apparent in the story of how it ended. What precisely decolonisation was, how it came about, and what it meant for the British and for those who gained their independence, varied considerably from one part of the Empire to another, and from one period to another. How these changes came about, how independence was won across the colonial world, and how it was resisted, are dealt with here across a selection of different case studies. Understanding how the British Empire collapsed tells us a great deal about what this Empire was and about its legacy in todayas world. - 606 $aDecolonization 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xAdministration$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aCommonwealth countries$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aDecolonization. 676 $a167 702 $aDavis$b Richard$f1960 January 25- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790536303321 996 $aBritish decolonisation, 1918-1984$93842732 997 $aUNINA