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Eclipse of empire
Title:
Eclipse of empire
Author:
Low, D. A. (Donald Anthony), 1927-
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Physical Description:
xvi, 375 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The contradiction of England : an inaugural lecture, 1984 -- The twentieth-century revolutions in Monsoon Asia -- India and Britain : the climactic years 1917-1947 -- The forgotten Bania : merchant communities and the Indian National Congress -- Counterpart experiences : India/Indonesia, 1920s-1950s -- Emergencies and elections in India -- East Africa : towards the new order, 1945-1963 / with John Lonsdale -- Africa year, 1960 -- The end of the British Empire in Africa -- History and independent Africa's political trauma -- Political superstructures in post-colonial states. A register of constructs ; A dislocated polity : Uganda, 1960-86 -- Little Britain and large Commonwealth. The post-imperial Commonwealth ; Commonwealth studies and Commonwealth countries -- Australia in the eastern hemisphere.
ISBN:
9780521383295
Format :
Book