Decolonization: The Fall of the European Empires (Historical Association Studies)

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1999
$38.25

This book charts the decolonization of Asia, Africa and the Caribbean from 1945 to the present day, analysing the ways in which countries separated themselves from the control of the European Powers.

Synopsis

This book charts the decolonization of Asia, Africa and the Caribbean from 1945 to the present day, analysing the ways in which countries separated themselves from the control of the European Powers.

$38.25

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10 in stock

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 17 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0631216022
ISBN 13: 9780631216025

Media Reviews

I do find Chamberlain a very good introductory book to the subject of decolonization. It is just right for American freshmen. It is very well organised. William Cohen, Indiana

Author Bio

Muriel Chamberlain is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea. She is currently the editor of The Historian, the journal of the Historical Association and is an Associate Editor of The New Dictionary of National Biography. Her previous publications include Lord Aberdeen: a Political Biography (1983), Lord Palmerston (1987), Pax Britannica: British Foreign Policy, 1789--1914 (1988) and The Scramble for Africa (second edition 1999). She is also joint editor of an English edition of Friedrich Fabri's Does Germany Need Colonies? (Ed. with Breuning, 1998).