Decolonization and Its Impact - A Comparative Approach to the End of the Colonial Empires

Decolonization and its Impact is a ground-breaking comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s.

Compares key cases across the European colonial empires
Focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies
Presents an original model of decolonization that seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives
Engages with important theoretical approaches
Makes extensive reference to recent literature on the subject