Parsons uses vivid detail to show how Africans, Asians, Arabs, and West Indians brought about the demise of the seemingly invincible British Empire by refusing to be treated as inferior imperial subjects. He traces the empire's legacies- the new cultures and norms that arose from its global networks of commerce, migration, and cultural exchange.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Empire at High Tide Chapter 3: The Empire between the Wars, 1918 to 1939 Chapter 4: The 1940s: A New Kind of Empire? Chapter 5: The Final Retreat from Empire, 1950 to 1970 Chapter 6: Global Legacies of the British Empire Chapter 7: Epilogue British Empire Timeline