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Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World) - Hardcover

Book 26 of 28: The Making of the Contemporary World

Betts, Raymond; Betts, Raymond F.

 
9780415318204: Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415318203 ISBN 13: 9780415318204
Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

Raymond F. Betts considers the 'process' of decolonization and the outcomes which have left a legacy of problems, drawing on numerous examples including Ghana, India, Rwanda and Hong Kong. He examines:

  • the effects of the two World Wars on the colonial empire
  • the expectations and problems created by independence
  • the major demographic shifts accompanying the end of the empire
  • the cultural experiences, literary movements, and the search for ideology of the dying empire and the newly independent nations.

With an annotated bibliography and a chronology of political decolonization, Decolonization gives a concise, original and multi-disciplinary introduction to this controversial theme and analyzes what the future holds beyond the empire.

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About the Author

Raymond F. Betts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. He is author of France and Decolonization (1991) and Uncertain Dimensions: Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century (1985).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415318203
ISBN 13 
9780415318204
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
144