Title Elites and decolonization in the twentieth century / [edited by] Jost Dülffer and Marc Frey

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) Series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. Contents Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Intelligence Providers and the Fabric of the Late Colonial State; M. Thomas -- Southeast Asian Elites and the Construction of the 'Nation'; P. Kratoska -- Dutch Elites and the End of Empire in Indonesia; M. Frey -- Emerging Business Elites in Newly Independent Indonesia; J.T. Lindblad -- Elites as the Least Common Denominator: The Ambivalent Place of French Schools in Lebanon in the Process of Decolonization; E.M̲ller -- Alternatives to Nationalism: The Political Imagination of Elites in French West Africa, 1945-1960; F. Cooper -- Verwoerdian Apartheid and African Political Elites in South Africa, 1950-1968; C. Marx -- Chieftaincies and Chiefs in Northern Namibia: Intermediaries of Power between Traditionalism, Modernisation and Democratisation; M. Bollig -- Nehru -- the Dilemmas of a Colonial Inheritance; J. Brown -- Sekou Touř and the Management of Elites in Guinea; M.S. MacDonald -- Julius Nyerere and the Project of African Socialism; A. Eckert -- The United States, Decolonization and the Education of Third World elites; C. Unger -- The Soviet Union and the Socialist camp: Elite formation for the Third World; A. Hilger -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Intelligence Providers and the Fabric of the Late Colonial State / M. Thomas -- Southeast Asian Elites and the Construction of the 'Nation' / P. Kratoska -- Dutch Elites and the End of Empire in Indonesia / M. Frey -- Emerging Business Elites in Newly Independent Indonesia / J.T. Lindblad -- Elites as the Least Common Denominator : The Ambivalent Place of French Schools in Lebanon in the Process of Decolonization / E. Möller -- Alternatives to Nationalism : The Political Imagination of Elites in French West Africa, 1945-1960 / F. Cooper -- Verwoerdian Apartheid and African Political Elites in South Africa, 1950-1968 / C. Marx -- Chieftaincies and Chiefs in Northern Namibia : Intermediaries of Power between Traditionalism, Modernisation and Democratisation / M. Bollig -- Nehru : the Dilemmas of a Colonial Inheritance / J. Brown -- Sekou Toure and the Management of Elites in Guinea / M.S. MacDonald -- Julius Nyerere and the Project of African Socialism / A. Eckert -- The United States, Decolonization and the Education of Third World elites / C. Unger -- The Soviet Union and the Socialist camp : Elite formation for the Third World / A. Hilger Summary The dissolution of European empires and the formation of independent states in Africa and Asia was one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Decolonization changed the established images and spatial order of the globe, as well as the imagination of men and women around the world. This volume puts agency squarely at the center of debate by looking at elites, leaders and social groups who shaped decolonization processes and changed the course of history. The volume ultimately shows how elites were vital in mediating and driving the complex processes which ultimately led to decolonization "Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself; this volume puts agency squarely at the center of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Decolonization -- History -- 20th century Elite (Social sciences) -- History -- 20th century 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. Colonialism & imperialism. General & world history. HISTORY -- World. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. History. Decolonization Elite (Social sciences) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Dülffer, Jost, 1943- Frey, Marc, 1963- ISBN 9780230306486 0230306489 1349318574 9781349318575

  Permalink