Decolonization - Raymond Betts - Paperback Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 2004 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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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.