Table of Contents

Part 1 The elaboration of the imperialist perspective: the qualities of the anti-colonial response; the problem of control; the response to 1948; diagnosing disorder - imperial attitudes towards anti-colonial nationalism. Part 2 Recasting Third World nationalism: the conduct of colonial emergencies - the struggle for control; reshaping anti-colonial politics; capturing the nationalist movement - the big split.

Promotional Information

The crisis now facing many post-colonial societies has raised important questions about the nature of Third World nationalist movements and their struggle against Western domination. This book focuses on the way in which Britain reacted to the nationalist claims made by anti-colonial movements.

About the Author

Frank Furedi teaches sociology and development studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He has written widely on anti-colonial movements and is the author of The Mau Mau War in Perspective (1989) and Mythical Past and Elusive Future: Exploring the Sociology of History (1992).