Decolonization and its Impact

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 empiresFocuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societiesPresents an original model of decolonization that seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectivesEngages with important theoretical approachesMakes extensive reference to recent literature on the subject