Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9780582077737 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 360 str.

Muriel Chamberlain; M. E. Chamberlain

Opis

This volume contains essential facts and figures relating to European decolonization in the 20th century. Containing biographies of the leading figures, it takes each European empire in turn and offers a detailed chronology of the process of decolonization in the individual states.

Spis treści

SECTION I: THE EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN 1945.  1. The League of Nations and the Mandate System.  2. Key Events of World War Two.  3. The United Nations and Human Rights Declarations.  SECTION II: METROPOLITAN POLITICS.  SECTION III: THE CHRONOLOGY OF DECOLONIZATION.  4. The British Empire.  5. The French Empire.  6. The Dutch Empire.  7. The Portuguese Empire.  8. The Spanish Empire.
9. The Belgian Empire.  10. The Italian Empire.  SECTION IV: BIOGRAPHIES.  SECTION V: GLOSSARY.
SECTION VI: BIBLIOGRAPHY.  Appendices.  Maps.  Index.

O autorze

Muriel E. Chamberlain