Decolonization
A Short History
The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in global politics. Long-established imperial regimes collapsed, some more or less peacefully, others amid mass violence. This book takes an incisive look at decolonization and its long-term consequences, revealing it to be a coherent yet multidimensional process at the heart of modern history. Jan Jansen and Jürgen Osterhammel trace the decline of European, American, and Japanese colonial supremacy from World War I to the 1990s.…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Osterhammel, Jurgen / Riemer, Jeremiah (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-691-19276-5
- EAN: 9780691192765
- Produktnummer: 29223923
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H14.0 cm x B21.6 cm x D1.8 cm 358 g
- Gewicht: 358
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Jan C. Jansen is a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. Jürgen Osterhammel is professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. His books include The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Princeton).
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