Decolonization and its Impact: A Comparitive Approach to the End of the Colonial Empires (History of the Contemporary World)
Book Details
Author(s)Martin Shipway
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN0631199675
ISBN-139780631199670
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Sales Rank8,350,878
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Decolonization and its Impact is a ground-breaking comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s.
- Compares key cases across the European colonial empires
- Focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies
- Presents an original model of decolonization that seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives
- Engages with important theoretical approaches
- Makes extensive reference to recent literature on the subject

