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Britain's Declining Empire : the Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968 / Ronald Hyam. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - XVII, 464 s. : il. ; 23 cm.

Author

Hyam Ronald.

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Książki

Subject

WIELKA BRYTANIA

Słowo kluczowe

Great Britain history colonies decolonization

An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on the experience of decolonization across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar, interwar and wartime crises from 1918 to 1945 but the main emphasis is on the period after 1945 and the gradual unravelling of empire as a result of international criticism, and the growing imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in 1947 to Swaziland in 1968, the major crises such as Suez and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill, Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation.

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There are copies available to loan: sygn. P.7203.XXIV.1 [Wypożyczalnia A] (1 egz.)

Biblioteka Główna. Czytelnie

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 8095.XXIV.1 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)

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The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies / ed. Neil Lazarus. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - XVI, 301 s. ; 23 cm.

(The Cambridge Companion to)

Author

Lazarus Neil (1953- ). ed.

Form of Work

Książki

Subject

WIELKA BRYTANIA LITERATURA ANGIELSKA

Słowo kluczowe

criticism history decolonization postcolonialism literature

Index s. 292-301

A comprehensive introduction to postcolonialism, this Companion examines different aspects of postcolonial thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postcolonialism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, and modern cultural studies. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.

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Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 8429.XXIV.8 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)

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Colonialism / Norrie MacQuenn. - Harlow : Pearson Education Limited, 2007. - XXIV, 198 s. ; 20 cm.

(Short history of a big ideas)

Author

MacQuenn Norrie (1950- ).

Form of Work

Książki

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KOLONIALIZM POSTKOLONIALIZM

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Europe post-colonialism decolonization colonialism neocolonialism

Index.

Europe’s rapacious hunger for other people’s lands is one of the key shaping forces of our contemporary world. Everything is touched by our colonial past, from the way we see the world to the food we eat. Our contemporary preoccupations and ills – from globalization to humanitarian intervention to international terrorism – have colonialism somewhere in their genetic make-up. The character and policies of contemporary international organizations – from the United Nations to the European Union - have also been deeply affected by the colonial inheritance of their members, whether as perpetrators or “victims”. Weaving together the complex strands of history and politics into one compact narrative, this book addresses the key theories of colonialism, examining them against contemporary realities. It goes on to looks at how the different policies of colonisers have had profoundly contradictory effects on the way different empires ended in the 20th century. These endings in turn affected the entire nature of modern day international relations. It also exposes the moral ambiguities of colonialism and the hypocrisies, which underlay colonial policies in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Biblioteka Główna. Wypożyczalnie

There are copies available to loan: sygn. P.9388.XXIV.1 [Wypożyczalnia A] (1 egz.)

Biblioteka Główna. Czytelnie

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 11048.XXIV.1 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)