Decolonization and Its Impact: A Comparitive Approach to the End of the Colonial Empires

by Martin Shipway

Book Overview

Decolonization and its Impact is a ground-breaking comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s. Compares key cases across the European colonial empires Focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies Presents an original model of decolonization that seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives Engages with important theoretical approaches Makes extensive reference to recent literature on the subject

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631199683
• ISBN13: 9780631199687
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.6"