Decolonization and its Impact
Autor Shipwayen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 ian 2008
- Compares key cases across the European colonial empires
- Focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies
- Presents an original model of decolonization that seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives
- Engages with important theoretical approaches
- Makes extensive reference to recent literature on the subject
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0631199675
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 183 x 260 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
students of twentieth–century history, imperial history, decolonization, African or Asian history, third world politics, and international relationsNotă biografică
Cuprins
Maps.
Introduction: Decolonization in Comparative Perspective.
1 The Colonial State: Patterns of Rule, Habits of Mind.
2 Colonial Politics Before the Flood: Challenging the State, Imagining the Nation.
3 The Second World War and the 'First Wave' of Decolonization.
4 Imperial Designs and Nationalist Realities in Southeast Asia, 1945-1955.
5 Shifting Frameworks for Change: The Late Colonial State in Africa.
6 The Late Colonial State at War: Insurgency, Emergency and Terror.
7 Towards Self-Government: Patterns of Late Colonial African Politics, 1951-1957.
8 Wind of Change: Endgame in Colonial Africa, 1958-64.
9 Conclusion: The Impact of Decolonization.
Appendix: Dates of Independence of African States.
Bibliography.
Index