Decolonization
By: Raymond F. Betts.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The making of the contemporary world
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Decolonization -- History; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century; World politics -- 1945-; World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence; World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years; title: 2. The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II; title: 3. Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation; title: 4. Pronouncements, denunciation, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization; title: 5. Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization; title: 6. 'Gotta be this or that': the problems of independence; title: 7. Outside in: colonial migration; title: 8. Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence; title: 9. In the wake of the past; title: 10. Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization.