Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World) - Softcover

Betts, Raymond F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415318211 ISBN 13: 9780415318211

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

The mid In Decolonization , Raymond Betts considers this process and its outcomes. Drawing on numerous examples, including those of Ghana, India, Rwanda and Hong Kong, the author examines: The second edition brings the discussion up to date and looks at contemporary concerns such as the growth of Islamic Fundamentalism, 9/11, globalization and the AIDS pandemic

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415318211
• ISBN 13: 9780415318211
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 144