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.