Anticolonialism in British politics
Subtitle: the left and the end of Empire, 1918-1964
By: Stephen Howe.
Series: Oxford historical monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Decolonization -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.; Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.; Public opinion -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: This is the first full scholarly study of British anticolonialism. British anticolonialism was an offshoot of a massive global upsurge of sentiment which has dominated much of the history of this century. In this wide-ranging and important book, Stephen Howe surveys the attitudes and activities relating to colonial issues of British critics of Empire during the years of decolonisation.

He also evaluates the changing ways in which, arising out of the experience of Empire and decolonisation, more general ideas about imperialism, nationalism, and under-development were developed during these years. His discussion encompasses both the left wing of the Labour Party and groups outside it: in the Communist Party, other independent left-wing groups, and single-issue campaigns

. The book has considerable contemporary relevance, for British reactions to more recent events - the Falklands and Gulf Wars, race relations, South African apartheid - cannot fully be understood except in the context of the experience of decolonisation and the legacy of Empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-359) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--Oxford, 1985.