The Dissolution Of The Colonial Empires

Author : Franz Ansprenger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351024043
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dissolution of the Colonial Empires written by Franz Ansprenger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. On the eve of the First World War, almost 72 million square kilometres of territory and more than 560 million people were under colonial rule. By 1980 the European colonial empires had disappeared from the map. Concentrating in particular on the British Commonwealth and the French colonial empire, the author shows how economic and political changes in the mother countries, the awakening national consciousness of the African and Asian peoples, and the effects of two World Wars had all compelled Europe to decolonize. He argues that although a satisfactory new order in world politics and the global economy has not been achieved in the process, the dissolution of the empires came about with remarkably little bloodshed, thereby laying a solid foundation for the future. The author concludes by looking at the legacy of the decolonized world in the late 1980s. He examines the last bastion of European colonial domination (South Africa) and discusses the emerging new North-South relations.

Author : Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137394064
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ends of European Colonial Empires written by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a multidimensional assessment of the diverse ends of the European colonial empires, addressing different geographies, taking into account diverse chronologies of decolonization, and evaluating the specificities of each imperial configuration under appreciation (Portuguese, Belgian, French, British, Dutch).

Author : H. L. Wesseling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317895061
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Colonial Empires written by H. L. Wesseling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century was Europe's colonial century. At the beginning of the period, the only colonial empire that existed was the British Empire. By the end of the century the situation was completely different and Europe's colonial possessions had come to constitute a large part of the world. The French had acquired an immense colonial empire and the Dutch had extended their control over Indonesia. Germany and Italy, unified only in the latter half of the century, had claimed their place under the sun. Even the tiny Kingdom of Belgium had acquired a huge colonial territory in Africa: the Belgian Congo. This is the first book to describe the whole process of colonization from conquest to pacification, and to analyze it in the light of administrative, cultural and economic developments. The European Colonial Empires discusses a uniquely long period instead of merely focussing on the shorter, accepted age of classical imperialism. Wesseling argues that European colonial expansion can be understood only by putting it into this long-term perspective and by comparing the differences between the colonies in Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean. This book redresses the balance that privileges the British colonial and imperial experience. It emphasizes the continental European experience while relating developments to the British enterprise.

Author : David Kenneth Fieldhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colonial Empires written by David Kenneth Fieldhouse and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Kenneth Fieldhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colonial Empires written by David Kenneth Fieldhouse and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses colonies before 1815 including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British colonies in the Americas and the events leading to their disolution. Then discusses colonies of the British, French, Dutch, Russians, Portuguese, Belgians, Germans and Americans in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific

Author : Jan C. Jansen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691192766
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decolonization written by Jan C. Jansen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Providing a comparative perspective on the decolonization process, they shed light on its key aspects while taking into account the unique regional and imperial contexts in which it unfolded. Jansen and Osterhammel show how the seeds of decolonization were sown during the interwar period and argue that the geopolitical restructuring of the world was intrinsically connected to a sea change in the global normative order. They examine the economic repercussions of decolonization and its impact on international power structures, its consequences for envisioning world order, and the long shadow it continues to cast over new states and former colonial powers alike. Concise and authoritative, Decolonization is the essential introduction to this momentous chapter in history, the aftershocks of which are still being felt today. --

Author : Hendrik Spruyt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717871
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ending Empire written by Hendrik Spruyt and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the twentieth century, imperial powers controlled most of the globe. Within a few decades after World War II, many of the great empires had dissolved, and more recently, multinational polities have similarly disbanded. This process of reallocating patterns of authority, from internal hierarchy to inter-state relations, proved far more contentious in some cases than in others. While some governments exited the colonial era without becoming embroiled in lengthy conflicts, others embarked on courses that drained their economies, compelled huge sacrifices, and caused domestic upheaval and revolution. What explains these variations in territorial policy? More specifically, why do some governments have greater latitude to alter existing territorial arrangements whereas others are constrained in their room for maneuver? In Ending Empire, Hendrik Spruyt argues that the answer lies in the domestic institutional structures of the central governments. Fragmented polities provide more opportunities for hard-liners to veto concessions to nationalist and secessionist demands, thus making violent conflict more likely. Spruyt examines these dynamics in the democratic colonial empires of Britain, France, and the Netherlands. He then turns to the authoritarian Portuguese empire and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Finally, the author submits that this theory, which speaks to the political dynamics of partition, can be applied to other contested territories, including those at the heart of the Arab–Israeli conflict.

Author : Sue Wright
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137576472
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy and Language Planning written by Sue Wright and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity.

Author : D. K. Fieldhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colonial Empires written by D. K. Fieldhouse and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Schmidt-Nowara
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822971984
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire And Antislavery written by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 1999-05-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1872, there were more than 300,000 slaves in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Though the Spanish government had passed a law for gradual abolition in 1870, slaveowners, particularly in Cuba, clung tenaciously to their slaves as unfree labor was at the core of the colonial economies. Nonetheless, people throughout the Spanish empire fought to abolish slavery, including the Antillean and Spanish liberals and republicans who founded the Spanish Abolitionist Society in 1865. This book is an extensive study of the origins of the Abolitionist Society and its role in the destruction of Cuban and Puerto Rican slavery and the reshaping of colonial politics.