Decolonization : a short history / Jan C. Jansen, Jürgen Osterhammel ; translated by Jeremiah Riemer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Jan C., author.

Osterhammel, Jürgen, author.

Contributor:

Riemer, Jeremiah, translator..

Standardized Title:

Dekolonisation. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Decolonization.

Colonialism.

Imperialism.

Decolonization--History--20th century.

Medical Subjects:

Colonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Decolonization as moment and process

Nationalism, late colonialism, world wars

Paths to sovereignty

Economy

World politics

Ideas and programs

Legacies and memories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"First published in German as Dekolonisation by Jan C. Jansen and Jürgen Osterhammel, Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München 2013"--Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed on September 27, 2021).

ISBN:

9781400884889

1400884888

OCLC:

969361395