Rhetoric and the Decolonization and Recolonization of East Timor

by David Hicks

Book Overview

By the end of the 1960s the process of decolonization had practically run its course in Southeast Asia. One exception, however, was tiny Portuguese Timor, where notions of self-determination and independence had yet to be generated. In 1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal brought about the end of fifty years of dictatorship, and halfway around the world, presented a new opportunity to a small, ambitious proportion of the Timorese population,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138476358
• ISBN13: 9781138476356
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"