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This examination of the forces that precipitated the twentieth century collapse of all Europe's late colonial empires includes the fate of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese colonial empires. Investigated individually and comparatively, it addresses an important historic topic and synthesizes conventional thought on imperialism and comparative decolonization. It also offers new perspectives in contemporary European history, international politics and the legacies of colonialism across the developing world.Ranging from the wave of European imperial expansion in the aftermath of World War I to the collapse of the last settler colonies in Africa during the 1960s and 1970s, the authors assess decolonization as a long-term process. They examine the impact of significant changes in the world in the twentieth century and shifting popular attitudes towards colonialism both within European imperial nation states and within the colonies. As the economics of empire shifted with a change in global markets, colonial urbanization and the growth of colonial organized labor, so to did the politics of empire.Also explored is the significant role of Africans and Asians as agents of colonial change, highlighting the parts played by anti-colonial movements, popular protest, and armed insurgency as catalysts of Europe's imperial collapse.The authors balance recent theories of post-colonial history and global history with traditional fields of diplomatic and economic history for a wide-ranging, comprehensive view of a complex area of study. Martin Thomas is Professor in Colonial History, University of Exeter. Bob Moore is Professor of Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Sheffield. He recently held a fellowship in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. L.J. Butler is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, University of East Anglia.This examination of the forces that precipitated the twentieth century collapse of all Europe's late colonial empires includes the fate of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese colonial empires. Investigated individually and comparatively, it addresses an important historic topic and synthesizes conventional thought on imperialism and comparative decolonization. It also offers new perspectives in contemporary European history, international politics and the legacies of colonialism across the developing world.Ranging from the wave of European imperial expansion in the aftermath of World War I to the collapse of the last settler colonies in Africa during the 1960s and 1970s, the authors assess decolonization as a long-term process. They examine the impact of significant changes in the world in the twentieth century and shifting popular attitudes towards colonialism both within European imperial nation states and within the colonies. As the economics of empire shifted with a change in global markets, colonial urbanization and the growth of colonial organized labor, so to did the politics of empire.Also explored is the significant role of Africans and Asians as agents of colonial change, highlighting the parts played by anti-colonial movements, popular protest, and armed insurgency as catalysts of Europe's imperial collapse.The authors balance recent theories of post-colonial history and global history with traditional fields of diplomatic and economic history for a wide-ranging, comprehensive view of a complex area of study. This examination of the forces that precipitated the twentieth century collapse of all Europe's late colonial empires includes the fate of the British, French, Dutch, Belgian and Portuguese co

Martin Thomas is Professor in Colonial History, University of Exeter.

Bob Moore is Professor of Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Sheffield. He recently held a fellowship in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London.

L.J. Butler is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, University of East Anglia.

List of maps	p. vii
List of abbreviations	p. viii
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Constructions of decolonization	p. 1
British Decolonization
The British Empire, 1918-1945: Interwar change and wartime pressures	p. 17
The first wave of British decolonization: Commonwealth territories, south Asia and the Gold Coast, 1945-1951	p. 47
British decolonization, insurgency and strategic reverse: The Middle East, Africa and Malaya, 1951-1957	p. 73
Winds of change: The final waves of British decolonization in Africa and Asia after 1957	p. 97
French Decolonization
The roots of French decolonization: Ideas, economics and reform, 1900-1946	p. 127
Decolonizing the French African federations after 1945	p. 152
People's war and the collapse of French Indochina, 1945-1954	p. 182
From French North Africa to Maghreb independence: Decolonization in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, 1945-1956	p. 209
Algeria's violent struggle for independence	p. 228
Territories apart: Madagascar, the Togo trusteeship and French island territories	p. 252
Dutch Decolonization
An 'ethical imperialism'? The Dutch colonial empire before 1945	p. 273
Indonesia: The politics of delusion, 1940-1947	p. 290
Indonesia: The realities of diplomacy	p. 318
Unfinished business: New Guinea as a last outpost of empire	p. 345
Decolonization by default: Dutch disengagement in Suriname	p. 364
Contrasting Patterns of Decolonization
Contrasting patterns of decolonization: Belgian and Portuguese Africa	p. 385
Conclusion: Changing attitudes to the end of empire	p. 411
Select bibliography	p. 429
Index	p. 441
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The Crises of Empire Decolonization and Europe's Imperial Nation States, 1918-1975

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