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In what ways and for what reasons did British policies and attitude towards Africa change between 1938 and 1948?
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In what ways and for what reasons did British policies and attitude towards Africa change between 1938 and 1948? The conclusion of the Second World War heralded a new phrase in World History. The devastation of War saw many European states crumble economically; a climate of increased American economic dominance is apparent, and the end of British economic prominence is marked by the 1944 Bretton Woods conference/agreement. Everywhere attitudes were changing. American disdain for imperialism and the flagging success of previous administrative methods of indirect rule caused a re-evolution of policy and attitudes toward Empire and particularly in Africa. In a key speech in July Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of State for the colonies, asserts that the main purpose of the British Empire is " the gradual spread of freedom amongst all his Majesty's subjects, in whatever part of the earth they live"1. From then onwards the Colonial Office policies in Africa...
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