PublishedPrinceton University Press, February 2019 |
ISBN9780691179155 |
FormatHardcover, 288 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.5cm |
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