Praeger Britain's Sterling Colonial Policy and Decolonization, 1939-1958: 42 (Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies)

Product description Britain's Sterling Colonial Policy and Decolonization, 1939-1958 Arguing that Britain's sterling policy had a significant impact on its colonial economic policy, this work focuses on the connection between Britain's sterling and balance payments policy, and the British government's decision to transfer power to colonial peoples. Full description Review ?[A] well-written contribution to the growing literature on the economics of de-colonization.?-Economic History Review "Ýt¨he ambitious arguments set out in the book makes an important addition to the existing literature....Ýs¨uceeds in demonstrating the importance of finance in British imperial policy."-Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History "ÝA¨ well-written contribution to the growing literature on the economics of de-colonization."-Economic History Review "[A] well-written contribution to the growing literature on the economics of de-colonization."-Economic History Review "[t]he ambitious arguments set out in the book makes an important addition to the existing literature....[s]uceeds in demonstrating the importance of finance in British imperial policy."-Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History About the Author ALLISTER HINDS is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies--Mona Campus./e He has published a number of articles on the impact of the sterling on colonial economic policy in general and the Nigerian economy in particular.