Dissolution of the Colonial Empires

List of contents

Introduction; Part One: Europe as Master of the World, 1918-39; 1. The First World War 2. The British Commonwealth 3. The Greater France of the Third Republic 4. The Netherlands, Belgium, and Portugal 5. Fascist Italy in Close Pursuit 6. Supra-Regional Colonial and Anti-Colonial Movements; Part Two: Europe’s Withdrawal from Asia and Africa; 7. The Second World War and the Colonies 8. The Multiracial Commonwealth 9. French Decolonization 10. The Loss of the Dutch and Belgian Colonial Empires 11. Spain’s Withdrawal and Portugal’s Expulsion from Africa 12. The Prospects in 1988; Appendices; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Franz Ansprenger

Summary

First published in 1989. Concentrating in particular on the British Commonwealth and the French colonial empire, the author shows how economic and political changes in the mother countries, the awakening national consciousness of the African and Asian peoples, and the effects of two World Wars had all compelled Europe to decolonize.

Product details

• Authors: Franz Ansprenger, Ansprenger Franz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138495418
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49541-8
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge; Routledge Library Editions: World Empires; Routledge Library Editions: World Empires
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history