Viele der nationalen Befreiungsbewegungen in den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verfolgten ursprünglich demokratische und säkulare Ideale. Nachdem die koloniale Herrschaft abgeschüttelt war, kam es in den neu entstandenen Nationen jedoch zu einem starken Wiederaufleben von re…
Independent Kenya
Independent Kenya
"The fall of the Spanish Empire: that period in the nineteenth century when it lost its colonies in Spanish America and the Philippines. How did it happen? What did the process of the 'end of empire' look like? Empire's End considers the nation's imperial legacy beyond this peri…
Recognizing that in the contemporary postcolonial moment, national identity and cultural nationalism are no longer the primary modes of imagining sovereignty, Sheri-Marie Harrison argues that postcolonial critics must move beyond an identity-based orthodoxy as they examine probl…
This work provides a discussion of how modern Poland was created by the application and manipulation of myths about its past, and the symbols that represented them.
"New edition of a valuable survey of Haitian history that first appeared in 1979 (see HLAS 44:2491). Nicholls died in 1996, and changes to the original book appear to be limited to a new, 41-page preface that summarizes political events in the country from 1986-94"--Handbook of …
"New edition of a valuable survey of Haitian history that first appeared in 1979 (see HLAS 44:2491). Nicholls died in 1996, and changes to the original book appear to be limited to a new, 41-page preface that summarizes political events in the country from 1986-94"--Handbook of …
Plus de 120 cartes et infographies pour retracer l'histoire des décolonisations, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à nos jours. De 1937 à 1954 : la Seconde Guerre mondiale conduit à la décolonisation de l'Asie. Naissance du Tiers-Monde : un nouveau pas vers l'émancipation dans le co…
