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Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Seco

The Loss of White Prestige

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  • © 2000

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Keywords

  • Colonial Office
  • empire
  • politics

About this book

This book examines the response of British policy-makers to the collapse of belief in racial superiority, and with it the ideological basis of empire, following the fall of Singapore in 1942. The book studies the Anglo-American debate in which British officials, led by Lord Hailey, countered American criticisms of imperial rule by emphasizing economic development and peace-keeping as new, non-racial justifications for western authority. These are themes that have retained a powerful resonance on the post-war world.

About the author

Suke Wolton is a Junior Research Fellow at St. Cross College, Oxford.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Seco

  • Book Subtitle: The Loss of White Prestige

  • Authors: NA NA

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23214-6Published: 30 September 2000

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 221

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