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St Antony's : The Loss of White Prestige - S. Wolton

St Antony's

The Loss of White Prestige

By: S. Wolton

Hardcover | 21 June 2000 | Edition Number 1

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This is an examination of the response of British policy makers to the collapse of belief in racial superiority, and with it the ideological basis of empire, following the fall of Singapore in 1942. The book studies the Anglo American debate in which British officials, led by Lord Hailey, countered American criticisms of imperial rule by emphasizing economic development and peace keeping as new, non-racial justifications for western authority. These are themes that have retained a powerful resonance in the post-war world.
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'Suke Wolton's book is a major contribution to the historical study and political analysis of attitudes to race in twentieth-century Britain. Bringing to bear the insights of political science, sociology, philosophy and history, she offers a fresh insight into the crucial significance of the Second World War for British race relations. Her book is a remarkable combination of detailed archival research and searching general analysis. It marks the emergence of an important new voice in the study of race relations.' - Terence Ranger, Emeritus Professor of Race Relations, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor, University of Zimbabwe 'This study is well written and easy to read. Walton has done solid research in the Hailey papers...' - American Historical Review 'The book is strongly recommended both as an original contribution to an understanding of official assumptions about race at a key period in British colonial history, and also because the arguments taht are so clinically deployed in this study speak loudly to issues of race that still resound in political discourse and within the borders of Britain.' - James Porter, The Round Table

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