Worldmaking after Empire The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination |
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| Author:
| Getachew, Adom |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-17915-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable transition from a world of empires to one of nations-a world in which self-determination was synonymous with nation-building-obscure just how radical this change was. Drawing on the politica
Decolonization revolutionized the international order during the twentieth century. Yet standard histories that present the end of colonialism as an inevitable transition from a world of empires to one of nations-a world in which self-determination was synonymous with nation-building-obscure just how radical this change was. Drawing on the politica