The empire at home: internal colonies and the end of Britain

Trafford, James (2020) The empire at home: internal colonies and the end of Britain. Pluto. ISBN 9780745341002

Creators:
Trafford, James
Description/Abstract:

Modern Britain is forged through the redeployment of structures that facilitated and legitimized slavery, exploitation and extermination. This is the 'empire at home' and it is inseparable from the strategies of neo-colonial extraction and oppression of subjects abroad. Here, James Trafford develops the notion of internal colonies, arguing that methods and structures used in colonial rule are re-deployed internally in contemporary Britain in order to recreate and solidify imperial power relations. Using examples including housing segregation, targeted surveillance and counter-insurgency techniques used in the fight against terrorism, Trafford reveals Britain's internal colonialism to be a reactive mechanism to retain British sovereignty. As politics appears limited by nationalism and protectionism, The Empire at Home issues a powerful challenge to contemporary politics, demanding that Britain as an imperial structure must end.

Item Type:
Book
Date:
16 December 2020
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
contemporary Britain, internal colonialism, imperialism, racism, islamophobia
Schools:
School of Communications
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Depositing User:
Dr James Trafford
Date Deposited:
30 Nov 2020 15:25
Last Modified:
05 Mar 2022 04:31
Trafford, James:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6762-2918
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/5529

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