Constructing Post-Imperial Britain: Britishness, 'Race' and the Radical Left in the 1960s

The end of empire shaped the way the British public saw their place in the world, society and the ethnic and racial boundaries of their nation. Focussing on some of the most controversial organisations of the 1960s, this book illuminates their central importance in constructing post-imperial Britain.

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Jodi Burkett is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She has previously taught at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds Metropolitan University and York University in Toronto, Canada where she received her PhD in 2009.

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: BRITAIN'S CHANGING INTERNATIONAL POSITION 1. British 'Greatness' after Empire 2. Britain's relationships with Other Powers 3. Hanging on to the Imperial Past PART II: POST-IMPERIAL BRITISHNESS AT HOME 4. Claiming Centrality 5. Views of the British People 6. Imagining an Ideal Britain PART III: 'RACE' AND POST-IMPERIAL BRITISHNESS 7. A Unified or Divided Left? 8. Opposition to Racial Inequality Outside Britain 9. Addressing 'Race' in Britain Conclusion Endnotes