Download or read book Britain and Empire written by L. J. Butler and published by I. B. Tauris. This book was released on 2002-02-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain and Empire fills a major gap in the literature on Britain’s gradual abandonment of her global and imperial role. It relates formal decolonization and the wider evolution of the Commonwealth to changes in international relations and in Britain’s domestic political, economic, and social scene. The concept of imperial decline is therefore seen in the context of adjustment to changing international and domestic politics and the ending of the imperial mind-set.