Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and Politics of Race and Empire in the Second World War

SUKE WOLTON is Junior Research Fellow at St Cross College, University of Oxford.

• Preface Introduction The Loss of White Prestige The Question of Equal Treatment Defending the Empire Reformulating Imperial Authority Conclusion Bibliography Index

'Suke Wolton's book is a major contribution to the historical study and political analysis of attitudes to race in twentieth-century Britain. Bringing to bear the insights of political science, sociology, philosophy and history, she offers a fresh insight into the crucial significance of the Second World War for British race relations. Her book is a remarkable combination of detailed archival research and searching general analysis. It marks the emergence of an important new voice in the study of race relations.' - Terence Ranger, Emeritus Professor of Race Relations, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor, University of Zimbabwe 'This study is well written and easy to read. Walton has done solid research in the Hailey papers...' - American Historical Review 'The book is strongly recommended both as an original contribution to an understanding of official assumptions about race at a key period in British colonial history, and also because the arguments taht are so clinically deployed in this study speak loudly to issues of race that still resound in political discourse and within the borders of Britain.' - James Porter, The Round Table