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Britain After Empire

Constructing a Post-War Political-Cultural Project

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  • © 2014

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  1. P. W. Preston

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. After the Empire: Establishment Designs, High Arts and Popular Culture in Britain

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 1-18

  3. Foundation Myths: The War, Wartime and ‘Continuing Britain’

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 19-39

  4. Grand Designs: Patrician Reformers, Subaltern Demands and the Ideal of Welfare

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    Pages 40-61

  5. Making Enemies: The Cold War

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 62-81

  6. Voices of Complaint, Voices of Assertion

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 82-96

  7. Patrician Retreat: Quickening Change in the 1950s and Early 1960s

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    Pages 97-111

  8. Affluence Attained, Affluence Doubted

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    Pages 112-137

  9. Corporate World, Media and Politics

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 138-156

  10. Amongst the Bullshit Industries

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 157-176

  11. Familiar Utopias: New Technologies and the Internet

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 177-195

  12. Continuing Britain: Contemporary Political Culture Unpacked

    • P. W. Preston
    Pages 196-217

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 218-278
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About this book

Through compelling analysis of popular culture, high culture and elite designs in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how Britain and its people have come to terms with the loss of prestige stemming from the decline of the British Empire. The result is a volume that offers new ideas on what it is to be 'British'.

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'This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in contemporary Britain. It traces developments in post-war Britain in the context of the end of Empire, but does so in a different way which focuses upon the role of ideas/narratives reflected in government designs, high arts and popular culture. It is challenging, but always interesting; even where the reader might disagree.'

- David Marsh, Director of Research, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, University of Canberra, Australia

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    P. W. Preston

About the author

P. W. Preston has taught comparative politics in a number of universities in Europe and East Asia and has published widely on topics related to these two regions. His most recent concerns have been with the ways in which collective memories of violence find expression in contemporary politics both in Europe and East Asia.

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