Language: English
Published by MacMillan Pub, London, 1985
ISBN 10: 0333316789 ISBN 13: 9780333316788
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by maps(8) (illustrator). PAPERBACK; 11 10 9876p. Black titles on bright yellow paper covers.Brits in Kinya mau mau revolt cover photo.; 321pg pages; events in the British Empire, the largest of the imperial systems, Dr Holland also considers developments in the French, Belgian, Dutch and Portuguese dependencies.The chronologically arranged sections focus on the sources of weakness in the European empires between 1918 and 1939; the impact of the Second World War; the upheavals of the post-war crisis; the move to decolonization in the later 1950's and early 1960's; and the subsequent realignment of relations between advanced and non-advanced nations.