ISBN:
0230239838
,
9780230239838
,
9780230239845
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 456 S.
,
kt.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
954.04
Keywords:
Postcolonialism
;
Postcolonialism
;
South Asia History 20th century
;
South Asia History 21st century
;
South Asia Politics and government 20th century
;
South Asia Politics and government 21st century
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan History 1960-
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government 1960-
;
Postcolonialism
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Postcolonialism
;
South Asia
;
South Asia
;
History
;
20th century
;
South Asia
;
History
;
21st century
;
South Asia
;
Politics and government
;
20th century
;
South Asia
;
Politics and government
;
21st century
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
History
;
1960-
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Politics and government
;
1960-
;
Südasien
;
Afrika
;
Entkolonialisierung
;
Postkolonialismus
Abstract:
"The first single-volume comparative history of postcolonial South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in the first generation since independence. Drawing together detailed economic and political analysis, Waites assesses the colonial impact on these regions, establishing breaks and continuities, and highlighting their diversity and interplay."--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Post-colonialism in Historical PerspectivePost-colonial Trajectories in South Asia -- Democracy, Economic Planning and Economic Stagnation in India: 1947-c.1975 -- Caste in post-colonial India -- Politics and Economics in Independent African States -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire, 1960-c.1975: Decolonisation, Civil War and State Recovery -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire from the 1970s to Late 1990s: Regional Giants, Giant Failures? -- Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Ethnic Violence: the Examples of Rwanda and Burundi -- Angola and Mozambique.
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