Mecca of Revolution - Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order

Zusatztext Recommended. Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey James Byrne is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext Through an examination of Algeria's interactions with the wider world from the beginning of its war of independence to the fall of its first post-colonial regime, Mecca of Revolution provides the Third Worldist perspective on twentieth century international history. Featuring pioneering research on multiple continents, it rejuvenates the fields of diplomatic history and post-colonial studies. Zusammenfassung Through an examination of Algeria's interactions with the wider world from the beginning of its war of independence to the fall of its first post-colonial regime, Mecca of Revolution provides the Third Worldist perspective on twentieth century international history. Featuring pioneering research on multiple continents, it rejuvenates the fields of diplomatic history and post-colonial studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Ch. 1 Method Men: The Praxis of Anti-Colonial Resistance Ch. 2 Our Friends Today: Algeria Joins the Third World Ch. 3 Real Existing Third Worldism: National Development in the Age of Ideologies Ch. 4 The Allure of Globalism: Algeria amid Continents, Colors, and the Cold War Ch. 5 Mecca of Impatience and Anxiety: Globalizations and the Third World Order Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Jeffrey James Byrne, Jeffrey James (Assistant Professor of Histo Byrne, Jeffrey James (Assistant Professor of History Byrne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2016
• EAN: 9780199899142
• ISBN: 978-0-19-989914-2
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Oxford Studies in International History; Oxford Studies in International History; Oxford Studies in Internationa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science