The Political Economy of Imperial Relations [electronic resource] : Britain, the Sterling Area, and Malaya 1945-1960 /
Sutton, Alex.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and 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.
Asia—History.
Imperialism.
Great Britain—History.
Southeast Asia—History.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
Asian History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Southeast Asia.
Economic History.
Modern History.