Screen LibraryElites and decolonization in the twentieth century
Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre of debate by looking at elites and leaders who...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230306486 |
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Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230243699, 2011. |
| Carrier Form: | 312 p. |
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9780230243699 9780230306486 : 0230306489 : |
| CLC: | D066 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Intelligence Providers and the Fabric of the Late Colonial State-- M.Thomas Southeast Asian Elites and the Construction of the 'Nation'-- P.Kratoska Dutch Elites and the End of Empire in Indonesia-- M.Frey Emerging Business Elites in Newly Independent Indonesia-- J.T.Lindblad Elites as the Least Common Denominator: The Ambivalent Place of French Schools in Lebanon in the Process of Decolonization-- E.Moller Alternatives to Nationalism: The Political Imagination of Elites in French West Africa, 1945-1960-- F.Cooper Verwoerdian |