Exiting War: The British Empire and the 1918-20 Moment

Hardback

Main Details

Title Exiting War: The British Empire and the 1918-20 Moment
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Romain Fathi
Edited by Margaret Hutchison
Edited by Andrekos Varnava
Edited by Professor Michael Walsh
SeriesStudies in Imperialism
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreColonialism and imperialism
First world war
ISBN/Barcode 9781526155849
ClassificationsDewey:909.091712410821
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 black & white illustration

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 18 January 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Exiting war explores a particular 1918-1920 'moment' in the British Empire's history, between the First World War's armistices of 1918, and the peace treaties of 1919 and 1920. That moment, we argue, was a challenging and transformative time for the Empire. While British authorities successfully answered some of the post-war tests they faced, such as demobilisation, repatriation, and fighting the widespread effects of the Spanish flu, the racial, social, political and economic hallmarks of their imperialism set the scene for a wide range of expressions of loyalties and disloyalties, and anticolonial movements. The book documents and conceptualises this 1918-1920 'moment' and its characteristics as a crucial three-year period of transformation for and within the Empire, examining these years for the significant shifts in the imperial relationship that occurred and as laying the foundation for later change in the imperial system.

Author Biography

Romain Fathi is a Senior Lecturer in History at Flinders University and an affiliated researcher at the Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po Margaret Hutchison is a Lecturer in History at the Australian Catholic University Andrekos Varnava is an Associate Professor in History at Flinders University Michael J. K. Walsh is a Professor at, and the Chair of, the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University -- .