The political economy of imperial relations : Britain, the sterling area, and Malaya, 1945-1960

Author/Creator:: Sutton, Alex, 1984- author
Publication/Creation:: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: The political economy of imperial relations : Britain, the sterling area, and Malaya, 1945-1960 / Alex Sutton, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews
Series Titles:: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.

Subjects:: Sterling area--History--20th century
Imperialism--Economic aspects--Malaysia--Malaya--History--20th century
Imperialism--Economic aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century
Economic history--1945-1971
Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--Malaysia--Malaya
Malaya--Foreign economic relations--Great Britain
Malaya--Economic conditions--20th century
Malaya--Colonial influence
Great Britain--Economic policy--1945-1964

Table of Contents:: 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualising British Imperialism -- 3. British Relative Economic Decline -- 4. The Dollar Drain and Colonial Import Policy (1945-1950) -- 5. The Dollar Deficit Continues (1950-1955) -- 6. Malayan Independence and the Sterling Area (1955-1960) -- 7. Concluding Remarks.
Summary:: "The Political Economy of Imperial Relations considers the relationship between Britain and Malaya after World War Two in theoretical and historical terms. It develops a new approach to imperialism, situating an understanding of the state in terms of the global economy. This approach challenges existing accounts of the relationship between Britain and Malaya by positing that it can best be characterized in terms of continuity rather than discontinuity. By analyzing the period from 1945 to 1960, the book charts Britain's commitment to Malaya, as well as Malaya's value to Britain, as part of the Sterling Area and in terms of the difficulties facing both the British and global economy at the time"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: ix, 222 pages ; 23 cm.