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Imperial Island **shows how the end of empire and its ever-present aftermath have divided and defined Britain over the last seventy years.** **'Masterful ... you won't look at Britain in the same way ever again'** OWEN JONES **'Incisive, important, and incredibly timely'** CAROLINE ELKINS **'An eye-opening study of the empire within** ' SHASHI THAROOR **'Clear, bold, refreshing'** LUCY WORSLEY **'A thought-provoking delight that absolutely everyone should read'** STEPHEN BUSH **'Immaculately detailed and impeccably researched'** HELEN CARR After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. As white settlers from Rhodesia returned home to a country they barely recognised, Commonwealth citizens from Asia and the Caribbean migrated to a motherland that often refused to recognise them. Race riots erupted in Liverpool and Notting Hill even as communities lived and loved across the colour line. In the 1950s and 60s, imperial violence came home too, pervading the policing of immigrant communities, including their sex lives. In the decade that followed, a surge of support for the far-right inspired an invigorated anti-racist movement. These tensions, and the imperial mind

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Author

Charlotte Lydia Riley

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847926432

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, European History, Humanities