{"product_id":"britains-sterling-colonial-policy-and-allister-hinds-9780313319532","title":"Britain's Sterling Colonial Policy and Decolonization, 1939-1958","description":"\u003cp\u003eArguing that Britain's sterling policy had a significant impact on its colonial economic policy, this book focuses on the connection between Britain's sterling and balance of payments policy, colonial economic policy, and the British government's decision to transfer power to colonial peoples. The volume considers such factors as sterling policy and the state of the British economy, U.S. and Western European pressure for multilateralism in Britain's trade and commercial policy, the movement toward independence in colonial territories, and the cost of financing colonial development and welfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book argues that in the postwar years the assumptions guiding British policies for colonial political reform were undermined by postwar developments in Ghana, Nigeria, and the Malayan Federation--the three greatest dollar-earning colonies. As these colonies moved toward independence, their demands for development finance forced Britain to face the prospect of meeting such demands at great costs when the expenditure could not be justified. Britain extricated itself from this dilemma by transferring power to colonial peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allister Hinds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313319537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313319532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.18w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 28","brand":"Allister Hinds","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001147539711,"sku":"9780313319532","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0da87d77-c208-477c-ad52-a4995ae64005.jpg?v=1751600204","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/britains-sterling-colonial-policy-and-allister-hinds-9780313319532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}