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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821889303321

Autore

Betts Raymond F

Titolo

Decolonization / / Raymond F. Betts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-36837-2

0-415-31820-3

1-134-36838-0

1-280-07641-0

0-203-59848-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Collana

The making of the contemporary world

Disciplina

325/.3/09045

Soggetti

Decolonization - History

Imperialism - History - 20th century

World politics - 1945-1989

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

World War, 1939-1945 - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [120]-125) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years -- 2. The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II -- 3. Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation -- 4. Pronouncements, denunciation, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization -- 5. Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization -- 6. 'Gotta be this or that': the problems of independence -- 7. Outside in: colonial migration -- 8. Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence -- 9. In the wake of the past -- 10. Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization.

Sommario/riassunto

A second, fully updated edition of this concise introduction to the phenomenon of decolonization.