Hst 373 After Empire: Immigration & Decolonization in the UK

Two crucial postwar developments in modern Britain are too often considered separately: the dismantling of the largest empire in history and the simultaneous creation of an increasingly multiethnic, multiracial society driven by immigrant communities from Britain’s former colonies. This course considers a range of efforts by Britons across the social spectrum to imagine a decolonized, multicultural contemporary Britain against the ever-present backdrop of its recent colonial history.