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Title Beyond empire and nation : the decolonization of African and Asian societies, 1930s-1960s / edited by Els Bogaerts and Remco Raben
Published Leiden : KITLV Press, 2012
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Series Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; v. 244
Indonesia across Orders
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 244.
Van Indië tot Indonesië (Series)
Contents Decolonization : a brief history of the word -- Decolonization and citizenship : Africa between empires and a world of nations -- The plural economy and its legacy in Asia -- Decolonizing money : central banks in the Philippines and Indonesia -- Decolonization and violence in Southeast Asia : crises of identity and authority -- 'For the good of the barrio' : community associatiosns and the state in the rural Philippines 1935-1965 -- Decolonized space : the reconfiguring of national and public space in India -- Solid as a rock, or a handful of dust? The security of land tenure in Indonesian cities from 1930-1960 -- The African city : decolonization and after -- Racial and social zoning in African cities from colonization to postindependence
Summary The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s). The volume is part of the research programme 'Indonesia across Orders' of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters
Analysis decolonization
economic history
political history
social history
Asia
Indonesia
Africa
Notes Records automatically generated from Dublin Core records. Descriptive fields not transcribed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Decolonization -- Africa
Decolonization -- Asia
Humanities.
Decolonization
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Africa
Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Bogaerts, Els.
Raben, R. (Remco)
ISBN 9789067182898
9067182893
9789004260443
9004260447