The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's sense of international responsibility.

Anna Bocking-Welch is Lecturer in British and Imperial History at the University of Liverpool

Introduction
1 Imperial lives and Commonwealth visions
2 International mobility and the pursuit of informed understanding
3 Friendship, hospitality, and the hierarchies of affective international relationships
4 Philanthropic connections and Britain's 'lost vocation'
5 Christian responsibility in a shrinking world
Conclusion
Index