This updated Seminar Study provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British Empire has been one of the central features of post-war international history. At the end of the Second World War the empire still spanned the globe and yet by the mid-1960s most of Britain's major dependencies had achieved independence. Decolonisation: the British Experience since 1945 is ideal for students and interested readers at all levels, providing a diverse range of primary sources and the tools to unlock them.

PART ONE INTRODUCTION 1 The Setting and the Problem PART TWO IMPERIAL POLICY AND DECOLONISATION 2 Labour 3 Shifting Perspectives? The 1950s and the 1960s PART THREE NATIONALISM AND DECOLONISATION 4 Changing Colonial Societies PART FOUR INTERNATIONAL CHANGE AND DECOLONISATION 5 The British Empire in the New World Order PART FIVE ASSESSMENT 7 British Decolonisation in Comparative Perspective PART SIX DOCUMENTS

Nicholas J. White is Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at Liverpool John Moores University. His previous books include Business, Government and the End of Empire: Malaya, 1942-57 (1996) and British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70 (2004).