Elites and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century [electronic resource] /
Dülffer, Jost.author.
Frey, Marc.author.
Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Intelligence Providers and the Fabric of the Late Colonial State; 2 Elites and the Construction of the Nation in Southeast Asia; 3 Dutch Elites and Decolonization; 4 Emerging Business Elites in Newly Independent Indonesia; 5 Elites as the Least Common Denominator: The Ambivalent Place of French Schools in Lebanon in the Process of Decolonization; 6 Alternatives to Nationalism in French Africa, 1945-60; 7 Verwoerdian Apartheid and African Political Elites in South Africa, 1950-68
8 Chieftaincies and Chiefs in Northern Namibia: Intermediaries of Power between Traditionalism, Modernization, and Democratization9 Nehru - the Dilemmas of a Colonial Inheritance; 10 A ""Frontal Attack on Irrational Elements"": Sékou Touré and the Management of Elites in Guinea; 11 Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian Elites, and the Project of African Socialism; 12 The United States, Decolonization, and the Education of Third World Elites; 13 Building a Socialist Elite? - Khrushchev's Soviet Union and Elite Formation in India; Index
Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world.
World history.
World politics.
Great Britain-History.
Imperialism.
History, Modern.
International relations.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Political History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Modern History.
International Relations.