The Afterlife of Empire: Volume 4

by Jordanna Bailkin

Book Overview

The Afterlife of Empire is an award-winning investigation on how decolonization transformed British society in the 1950s and 1960s. Although usually charted through its diplomatic details, the collapse of the British empire was also a deeply personal process that altered everyday life, restructuring routines, individual relationships, and social interactions.

The book traces a set of diverse yet interrelated and richly compelling stories:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289471
• ISBN13: 9780520289475
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"