Table of Contents
Dedication List of Figures, Tables and Appendices Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Exploring Britain's Postwar Imperial Relations PART I: BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND EMPIRE Sterling, Britain's Imperial Relations and the Wider World: The Legacy Britain, the Sterling Area, and the Empire: Key Economic Relationships, 1947-58 PART II: CONVERGENCE: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND STERLING CRISES, 1947, 1949, 1951 Britain's Postwar Economic Reconstruction: Discrimination and Empire, 1947-53 The Colonies, Economic Booms, and Trade Discrimination: Britain's Recovery Supported, 1947-53 PART III: DIVERGENCE: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND PLANNED LIBERALIZATION, 1953-56 Britain and Economic Liberalization: Imperial Relations Adjusted, 1953-56 The Colonies, Politics, and Economic Development: Britain's Liberalization Challenged, 1953-56 PART IV: SEPARATION: BRITAIN, EMPIRE, AND THE RETURN TO MULTILATERALISM, TOWARDS 1958 AND BEYOND Britain's New Cosmopolitanism: Financial Realignment and Imperial Relations, 1958 and Beyond The Sterling Empire and the International Economy: Frictions with Cosmopolitan Britain, 1958 and Beyond Conclusion: The End of the British Empire: A Synthesis and an Interpretation Notes Archival Sources and Bibliography Index