Decolonization

by Raymond Betts, Raymond F. Betts

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415318211
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/05/2004
Series:	The Making of the Contemporary World
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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).

Table of Contents

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