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

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