TY - BOOK AU - Betts,Raymond F. TI - Decolonization T2 - Making of the contemporary world SN - 9780415318211 (pbk.) U1 - 325.309045 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge / Taylor and Francis Group KW - Decolonization KW - History KW - BUEsh KW - Imperialism KW - 20th century KW - World politics KW - 1945-1989 KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Influence KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - HHUUEENN KW - BUSBOL KW - July2020 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years -- 2. The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II -- 3. Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation -- 4. Pronouncements, denunciation, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization -- 5. Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization -- 6. 'Gotta be this or that': the problems of independence -- 7. Outside in: colonial migration -- 8. Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence -- 9. In the wake of the past -- 10. Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization ER -