The Political Economy of Imperial Relations offers a much needed historical and theoretical intervention into the relationship between Britain and Malaya after the Second World War. It challenges existing accounts and details a strong continuity in this relationship from 1945 until 1960.

Autorentext

Alex Sutton is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research interests and published work focus on the British Empire in the 20th Century, and the intellectual history of the study of imperialism.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
2. Conceptualising British Imperialism
3. British Relative Economic Decline
4. The Dollar Drain and Colonial Import Policy (1945 1950)
5. The Dollar Deficit Continues (1950 1955)
6. Malayan Independence and the Sterling Area (1955 1960)
7. Concluding Remarks