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Trade, empire, and the fiscal context of imperial business during decolonization

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Recent studies have shown convincingly that no ‘neocolonialist’ conspiracies were hatched to perpetuate British commercial dominance in the former colonies after independence, and that relations between individual firms and policy‐makers were frequently troubled. In acknowledging the force of this general proposition, however, there is a risk of neglecting the still significant place of commercial considerations in state policy making. By relocating the relationship of trade and empire in the 1950s in an examination of a hitherto neglected dimension of British taxation policy, this article demonstrates that the Conservative government sought to assist British business with colonial interests at a time when these firms faced new uncertainties.

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  • Sarah Stockwell, 2004. "Trade, empire, and the fiscal context of imperial business during decolonization," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 57(1), pages 142-160, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ehsrev:v:57:y:2004:i:1:p:142-160
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0017.2004.00275.x
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    1. Fieldhouse, D. K., 1994. "Merchant Capital and Economic Decolonization: The United Africa Company 1929-1987," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198226253.
    2. Nicholas J. White, 2000. "The business and the politics of decolonization: the British experience in the twentieth century[An embryon]," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 53(3), pages 544-564, August.
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