Books for Decolonization Courses

The Routledge Companion to Decolonization

By Dietmar Rothermund

Series: Routledge Companions to History

This is an essential companion to the process of decolonization – perhaps one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the Companion includes: thematic chapters a detailed chronology and...

Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge

Decolonization

2nd Edition

By Raymond Betts, Raymond F. Betts

Series: The Making of the Contemporary World

Raymond F. Betts considers the 'process' of decolonization and the outcomes which have left a legacy of problems, drawing on numerous examples including Ghana, India, Rwanda and Hong Kong. He examines: the effects of the two World Wars on the colonial empire the expectations and problems...

Published February 4th 2004 by Routledge

Decolonization

Perspectives from Now and Then

Edited by Prasenjit Duara

Series: Rewriting Histories

Decolonization brings together the most cutting-edge thinking by major historians of decolonization, including previously unpublished essays and writings by leaders of decolonizing countries including Ho Chi-Minh and Jawaharlal Nehru. The chapters in this volume present a move away from Western...

Published November 26th 2003 by Routledge

The Decolonization Reader

Edited by James Le Sueur

Series: Routledge Readers in History

Grouped around the most salient themes, this compilation includes discussions of metropolitan politics, gender, sexuality, race, culture, nationalism and economy, and offers a comparative and interdisciplinary assessment of decolonization. The process of decolonization transformed colonial and...

Published June 11th 2003 by Routledge