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South Asia and Africa after independence : post-colonialism in historical perspective / Bernard Waites

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Waites, Bernard
Published
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description
xiii, 456 pages : maps ; 22 cm

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Contents
Introduction: Post-colonialism in Historical Perspective -- Post-colonial Trajectories in South Asia -- Democracy, Economic Planning and Economic Stagnation in India: 1947-c.1975 -- Caste in post-colonial India -- Politics and Economics in Independent African States -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire, 1960-c.1975: Decolonisation, Civil War and State Recovery -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire from the 1970s to Late 1990s: Regional Giants, Giant Failures? -- Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Ethnic Violence: the Examples of Rwanda and Burundi --Angola and Mozambique.
Summary
"The first single-volume comparative history of postcolonial South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in the first generation since independence. Drawing together detailed economic and political analysis, Waites assesses the colonial impact on these regions, establishing breaks and continuities, and highlighting their diversity and interplay."--
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ISBN
9780230239838 (hard.)
0230239838
9780230239845 (pbk.)
0230239846
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-438) and index.
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