The Empire at Home: Internal Colonies and the End of Britain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780745340999)

Modern Britain is forged through the redeployment of structures that facilitated and legitimized slavery, exploitation and extermination. This is the 'empire at home' and it is inseparable from the strategies of neo-colonial extraction and oppression of subjects abroad. Here, James Trafford develops the notion of internal colonies, arguing that methods and structures used in colonial rule are re-deployed internally in contemporary Britain in order to recreate and solidify imperial power relations. Using examples including housing segregation, targeted surveillance and counter-insurgency techniques used in the fight against terrorism, Trafford reveals Britain's internal colonialism to be a reactive mechanism to retain British sovereignty. As politics appears limited by nationalism and protectionism, The Empire at Home issues a powerful challenge to contemporary politics, demanding that Britain as an imperial structure must end.

Author: James Trafford
ISBN-10: 0745340997
ISBN-13: 9780745340999
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2020
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d