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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254769703321

Autore

Tarling Nicholas

Titolo

Decolonisations Compared [[electronic resource] ] : Central America, Southeast Asia, the Caucasus / / by Nicholas Tarling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-53649-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 135 p. 3 illus.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1633

Disciplina

325.3

Soggetti

Imperialism

World history

History, Modern

World politics

Imperialism and Colonialism

World History, Global and Transnational History

Modern History

Political History

History

Central America History

Southeast Asia History

Caucasus History

Caucasus

Central America

Southeast Asia

Mittelamerika

Kaukasusländer

Südostasien

Amérique centrale Histoire

Asie du Sud-Est Histoire

Caucase Histoire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Central America -- 3 Southeast Asia -- 4 The Caucasus -- 5 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an analysis of the decolonisation process across three different regions around the world: Central America, Southeast Asia and the Caucasus. It explores how the nature of previous imperial systems shaped the nation states that were created in their stead. By outlining these contrasting historical trajectories, this short study argues that the stability of these nation states and their ability to cooperate with one another are dependent on the acceptance of the frontiers established by the previous imperial powers. It moves from Central America, left in the early nineteenth century without any clear borders and which has suffered much inter-state tension ever since, to Southeast Asia, whose clear colonial delineations have been accepted in the post-colonial order, and finally to the Caucasus where the arbitrary boundaries of the Soviet Republics have not easily translated into nation states. Offering a concise comparison of decolonisation in three regions, this book will be of particular interest to students of history, politics and international relations.