Whitewashing Britain: The Political Culture of Interwar Italy

by Kathleen Paul

Book Overview

Kathleen Paul challenges the usual explanation for the racism of post-war British policy. According to standard historiography, British public opinion forced the Conservative government to introduce legislation stemming the flow of dark-skinned immigrants and thereby altering an expansive nationality policy that had previously allowed all British subjects free entry into the United Kingdom. Paul's extensive archival research shows, however, that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801484405
• ISBN13: 9780801484407
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher