Forging a British world of trade culture, ethnicity, and market in the Empire-Commonwealth, 1880-1975 Thackeray, David creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2019 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource Brexit is likely to lead to the largest shift in Britain's economic orientation in living memory. Some have argued that leaving the EU will enable Britain to revive markets in Commonwealth countries with which it has long-standing historical ties. Their opponents maintain that such claims are based on forms of imperial nostalgia which ignore the often uncomfortable historical trade relations between Britain and these countries, as well as the UK's historical role as a global, rather than chiefly imperial, economy. Forging a British World of Trade explores how efforts to promote a 'British World' system, centred on promoting trade between Britain and the Dominions, grew and declined in influence between the 1880s and 1970s. At the beginning of the twentieth century many people from London, to Sydney, Auckland, and Toronto considered themselves to belong to culturally British nations. British politicians and business leaders invested significant resources in promoting trade with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa out of a perception that these were great markets of the future. However, ideas about promoting trade between 'British' peoples were racially exclusive. From the 1920s onwards, colonized and decolonizing populations questioned and challenged the basis of British World networks, making use of alternative forms of international collaboration promoted firstly by the League of Nations, and then by the United Nations. Schemes for imperial collaboration amongst ethnically 'British' peoples were hollowed out by the actions of a variety of political and business leaders across Asia and Africa who reshaped the functions and identity of the Commonwealth. Cover; Forging a British World of Trade: Culture, Ethnicity and Market in the Empire-Commonwealth, 1880-1975; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Note on the Text; Introduction: Locating the British World of Trade; I; II; III; 1: The Importance of Being British: Networks and the Politics of Imperial Trade, c.1880-1914; I; II; III; IV; V; 2: Between Geneva and Ottawa: The Empire-Commonwealth and the Emerging International System, 1915-1939; I; II; III; IV; V; VI 3: Buying for Britain, China, or India?: Forging Trade Communities During the Great DepressionI; II; III; IV; V; 4: 'What Are We Doing to Earn Dollars?: 'The Old and New Commonwealths in an Era of Internationalism and Decolonization, 1940-1960; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; 5: We're All Backing Britain?: Patriotic Trade and the Decline of the British World; I; II; III; IV; V; 6: Selling Washing Machines in Düsseldorf: The Disintegration of the British World of Trade, c.1961-1975; I; II; III; IV; V; Coda. 1886-1932-1973-2016; Bibliography; Index David Thackeray. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- Great Britain Commercial policy History 20th century Great Britain Foreign economic relations Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century Grande-Bretagne Conditions économiques 20e siècle BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Exports & Imports BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International General BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International Marketing POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations Trade & Tariffs Commercial policy Economic history International economic relations Great Britain 1900-1999 fast HF1533 .T43 2019 382.30941 382.09 (OCoLC)1046622066 9780191858345 019185834X 9780192548665 0192548662 0198816715 9780198816713 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/27582 YDX 181210 20260319180324.4 in00005716706 eng