Decolonization Since 1945
Subtitle: The Collapse of European Overseas Empires (Studies in Contemporary History)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780333745991
Subjects: Colonization & independence; World history: from c 1900 -; Sociology; History: World; Europe; Emigration & Immigration; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; 20th century; Colonies; Decolonization; History
First sentence: One of the most momentous changes to take place in the post-1945 world has been the dismemberment and almost complete removal of the European colonial or maritime empires set up in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.