British Culture and the End of Empire
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Imperialism
ISBN-10
0719060486
ISBN-13
9780719060489
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 13th, 2001
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
396 grams
Dimensions
16.80 x 23.40 x 1.40 cms
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Studying the demise of the British Empire after World War II from a cultural perspective rather than a political or economic one, this text argues that the social and cultural impact of decolonisation had as significant an effect on the imperial centre as on the colonial periphery.
This book is the first major attempt to examine the cultural manifestations of the demise of imperialism as a social and political ideology in post-war Britain. Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination, and resonated widely in British popular culture. The sheer range of subjects discussed, from the satire boom of the 1960s to the worlds of sport and the arts, demonstrates how profoundly decolonisation was absorbed into the popular consciousness. Offers an extremely novel and provocative interpretation of post-war British cultural history, and opens up a whole new field of enquiry in the history of decolonisation.
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