{"product_id":"the-break-up-of-greater-britain-9781526174468","title":"The Break-Up of Greater Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first major attempt to view the break-up of Britain as a global phenomenon, incorporating peoples and cultures of all races and creeds that became embroiled in the liquidation of the British Empire in the decades after the Second World War. A team of leading historians are assembled here to view a familiar problem through an unfamiliar lens, ranging from India, to China, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Falklands, Gibraltar and the United Kingdom itself. At a time when trace-elements of Greater Britain have resurfaced in British politics, animating the febrile polemics of Brexit, these essays offer a sober historical perspective. More than perhaps at any other time since the empire’s precipitate demise, it is imperative to gain a fresh purchase on the global challenges to British identities in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe break-up of Greater Britain\u003c\/i\u003e draws together a wide range of contributions from some of the leading scholars of empire and Britishness.’ Simon Potter, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary History\u003c\/i\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The anatomy of break-up – Stuart Ward\u003cbr\u003e1 Maintaining racial boundaries: Greater Britain in the Second World War and beyond – Wendy Webster\u003cbr\u003e2 Cut loose: the British in China and the aftermath of empire – Robert Bickers\u003cbr\u003e3 Entangled citizens: the afterlives of empire in the Indian Citizenship Act, 1947–1955 – Kalathmika Natarajan\u003cbr\u003e4 ‘How come England did not know me?’: the ‘rude awakenings’ of the Windrush era – Stuart Ward\u003cbr\u003e5 Indians of Durban, South Africa and the break-up of Greater Britain – Hilary Sapire\u003cbr\u003e6 The birth of 'white' republics and the demise of Greater Britain: the republican referendums in South Africa and Rhodesia – Christian D. Pedersen\u003cbr\u003e7 ‘King’s men’, ‘Queen’s rebels’ and ‘last outposts’: Ulster and Rhodesia in an age of imperial retreat – Donal Lowry\u003cbr\u003e8 The tale of two Commonwealths? The (British) Commonwealth of Nations, decolonisation and the break-up of Greater Britain – Andrew Dilley\u003cbr\u003e9 Greater Britain and its decline: the view from Lambeth – Sarah Stockwell\u003cbr\u003e10 From \u003ci\u003ePax Britannica \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003ePax Americana\u003c\/i\u003e? The end of empire and the collapse of Australia’s Cold War policy – James Curran\u003cbr\u003e11 Boundaries of belonging: differential fees for overseas students in Britain, c. 1967 – Jodi Burkett\u003cbr\u003e12 Persistence and privilege: mass migration from Britain to the Commonwealth, 1945–2000 – Jean P. Smith\u003cbr\u003e13 ‘The mouse that roared’: the Falklands and Gibraltar in Thatcher’s (Greater) Britain – Ezequiel Mercau\u003cbr\u003e14 Falling Rhodes, building bridges, finding paths: decoloniality from Cape Town to Oxford, and back – Stephen Howe\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041042334039,"sku":"9781526174468","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526174468.jpg?v=1750948717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-break-up-of-greater-britain-9781526174468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}