Raymond Betts, Raymond F. Betts (USA University of Kentucky)

Decolonization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise, original and multi-disciplinary introduction to the controversial theme of decolonization. Betts analyzes what the future holds beyond empire, and provides an annotated bibliography.

Produktdetails

• The Making of the Contemporary World
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 188g
• ISBN-13: 9780415318211
• ISBN-10: 0415318211
• Artikelnr.: 22151356

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years 2 The sea change of empire:
the effects of World War II 3 Instability and uncertainty: the postwar
situation 4 Pronouncements, denunciations, and the search for ideology:
international public opinion and decolonization 5 Countryside and city: the
two landscapes of decolonization 6 "Gotta be this or that": the problems of
independence 7 Outside in: colonial migration 8 Land and language: concerns
over the perceived continuing European presence 9 In the wake of the past:
persistent problems 10 Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the
study of imperialism and decolonization