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

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Introduction: Decolonization in Comparative Perspective.

1 The Colonial State: Patterns of Rule, Habits of Mind.

2 Colonial Politics Before the Flood: Challenging the State, Imagining the Nation.

3 The Second World War and the ‘First Wave’ of Decolonization.

4 Imperial Designs and Nationalist Realities in Southeast Asia, 1945–1955.

5 Shifting Frameworks for Change: The Late Colonial State in Africa.

6 The Late Colonial State at War: Insurgency, Emergency and Terror.

7 Towards Self-Government: Patterns of Late Colonial African Politics, 1951–1957.

8 Wind of Change: Endgame in Colonial Africa, 1958–64.

9 Conclusion: The Impact of Decolonization.

Appendix: Dates of Independence of African States.

Bibliography.

Index