This unprecedented volume shows how and why mid-twentieth-century decolonization transformed societies and cultures and continues to shape today\'s world.
Organized chronologically and topically.
A rich collection of primary sources combines the Voices of the colonized and the colonizers in Africa, Asia, and throughout the world to recapture the intensity and variety of the independence struggles.
The introduction explores decolonization as both a historical era and an aspirational movement.
This unprecedented volume shows how and why mid-twentieth-century decolonization transformed societies and cultures and continues to shape today\'s world