The British End of the British Empire

List of contents

1. The imperial roles of British institutions; 2. Technical assistance and state building at the end of empire; 3. Teaching what 'the natives need to know': the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and training for overseas public administration; 4. 'Education and propaganda': the Bank of England and the development of central banking in African states at the end of empire; 5. Making Money: the Royal Mint and British decolonization; 6. 'Losing an empire and winning friends': Sandhurst and British decolonization.

About the author

Sarah Stockwell is professor of imperial and Commonwealth history at King's College London, and a leading historian of British decolonization. Her publications include The Business of Decolonization: British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast (2000) and, as editor, The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives (2008).

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Stockwell, Sarah (King's College London) Stockwell
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2020
• EAN: 9781107680883
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68088-3
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Illustrations: 22 b/w illus. 9 tables, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, History and Archaeology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)