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040 _beng
_cASTL
100 1 _aWaites, Bernard.
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245 1 0 _aSouth Asia and Africa after independence :
_bpost-colonialism in historical perspective /
_cBernard Waites.
260 _aBasingstoke, Hampshire :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2012
300 _axiii, 456 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 413-438) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _a"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."--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aPostcolonialism
_zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
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650 0 _aPostcolonialism
_zSouth Asia.
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651 0 _aSouth Asia
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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651 0 _aSouth Asia
_xHistory
_y21st century.
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651 0 _aSouth Asia
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
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651 0 _aSouth Asia
_xPolitics and government
_y21st century.
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651 0 _aAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xHistory
_y1960-
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651 0 _aAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xPolitics and government
_y1960-
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