Sutton, Alex.

The Political Economy of Imperial Relations : Britain, the Sterling Area, and Malaya 1945-1960. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (232 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .

Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Conceptualising British Imperialism -- 2 British Relative Economic Decline -- 3 The Dollar Drain and Colonial Import Policy (1945-1950) -- 4 The Dollar Deficit Continues (1950-1955) -- 5 Malayan Independence and the Sterling Area (1955-1960) -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

9781137373984


Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--Malaysia--Malaya.


Electronic books.

DS1-937

337.410595/109045