The politics of sterling and Britain's postwar imperial connection; 1947 - 1958

This thesis analyzes political aspects of Britain's imperial economic policy within the framework of the sterling area between 1947 and 1958.; catpub97; geudbu/09.1997; The thesis shows that the role of the empire for Britain's external economic policy increased in the late 1940s and early 1950s and then gradually diminished during the 1950s.; catpub97; geudbu/09.1997; Moreover, it is suggested that there might be a link between this decreasing importance and emerging problems in imperial economic management on the one hand, and Britain's retreat from its empire on the other.; catpub97; geudbu/09.1997