HIS 2326 Lecture 16: Retreat from Empire
24 Jul 2018
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The british empire in colour - will be on the exam. First images that showed people outside of india the violence was occurring on the subcontinent. Four themes: theories of disengagements/decolonization, post-war realities that shaped them, how the british turn toward europe, the 1960s and british decline. 1940s-1960s: the british empire ultimately disappeared: w/in one generation, dramatic series of events. Two bursts: 1945-49: india, pakistan, solan, and burma gained independence; when palestine was abandoned by britain, 1958-65: british quit the rest of asia and all of africa. Despite the speed, she managed to disentangle herself w/o armed conflict*: *relative to other empires (i. e. portuguese, there was violence and where there was violence it was at times staggering, violence in: kenya, malaya, and aiden. The process in decolonization scarcely caused a ripple in british domestic politics: exception: ireland (worth paying attention to) Popular during the 1960s: amongst politicians, e. g. harold macmillan (pm 1957-1963)
