British Imperialism - Crisis And Deconstruction 1914-1990

British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction 1914–1990 (1993) by P.J. Cain & A.G. Hopkins – Longman Edition
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A weighty classic in the study of imperial decline, British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction is the gloomy sequel to Cain and Hopkins’s magisterial British Imperialism 1688–1914. This 1993 volume picks up at the turning point of 1914 and charts the long, uneven collapse of Britain’s imperial project through two world wars, economic disintegration, post-colonial struggles, and Thatcher-era confusion.

Expect deep dives into financial structures, political recalibration, and the slow, painful unraveling of Britain’s global pretensions. It’s not beach reading—unless your idea of a good time includes footnotes about sterling balances and dependency theory.

Our copy? Slightly yellowed, maybe annotated by an angry undergrad, but still very readable. Comes with that authentic Crappy Old Books aroma: a pungent blend of tobacco ghosts, university coffee, and Cold War pessimism.

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Condition like new.

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