British Civic Society At the End of Empire - Decolonisation, Globalisation, and International Responsibility

The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's sense of international responsibility.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Imperial lives and Commonwealth visions
2 International mobility and the pursuit of informed understanding
3 Friendship, hospitality, and the hierarchies of affective international relationships
4 Philanthropic connections and Britain's 'lost vocation'
5 Christian responsibility in a shrinking world
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Anna Bocking-Welch is Lecturer in British and Imperial History at the University of Liverpool

Summary

The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain’s imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public’s sense of international responsibility. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Anna Bocking-Welch
• Assisted by: Andrew Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781526131270
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3127-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous