Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World)

Betts, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0415318203 / ISBN 13: 9780415318204

Published by Routledge, 2004

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Decolonization played a major part in shaping the contemporary world order and the domestic development of newly emerging states in the "third world". Considering this process and its outcomes, this edition also looks at contemporary concerns such as the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Series: The Making of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; GT; HBG; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295. . 2004. 2nd Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decolonization (The Making of the Contemporary World)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415318203
• ISBN 13: 9780415318204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

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 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).