Out of Empire
The history of decolonization is usually written backward, as if the end-point (a world of juridically equivalent nation-states) was known from the start. But the routes out of colonial empire appear more varied. Some Africans sought equal rights within empire, others to federate among themselves; some sought independence. In London or Paris, officials realized they had to reform colonial empires, but not necessarily give them up. The idea of “development” became a way to assert that empires could be made both more productive and more legitimate. Frederick Cooper explores how these alternative possibilities narrowed between 1945 and approximately 1960.
| Autor: | Cooper, Frederick |
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| ISBN: | 9783847100973 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 30 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | V&R unipress |
| Veröffentlicht: | 20.02.2013 |
| Untertitel: | Redefining Africa’s Place in the World |
| Schlagworte: | Afrika /Gesellschaft, Sozialwissenschaften Empire Entwicklungsländer Kolonialgeschichte Kolonialismus |