Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-108) and index.
Empire in the afternoon : the interwar years -- The sea change of empire : the effects of World War II -- Instability & uncertainty : the postwar situation -- Pronouncements, denunciations, & the search for ideology : international public opinion & decolonization -- Countryside & city : the two landscapes of decolonization -- 'Gotta be this or that' : the problems of independence -- Outside in : colonial migration -- Land & language : concerns over the perceived continuing European presence -- Beyond empire : current issues & conditions in the study of imperialism & decolonization.
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Raymond Betts explores the end of colonial empire and its legacy of problems drawing on a number of examples taken from Ghana, Rwanda, India and Hong Kong. His emphasis is on ideas and culture rather than the narrow political aspects.