Elites and decolonization in the twentieth century : elites and the transformation from the colonial to the postcolonial

Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the centre of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-10 Intelligence Providers and the Fabric of the Late Colonial State....Pages 11-35 Elites and the Construction of the Nation in Southeast Asia....Pages 36-55 Dutch Elites and Decolonization....Pages 56-73 Emerging Business Elites in Newly Independent Indonesia....Pages 74-93 Elites as the Least Common Denominator: The Ambivalent Place of French Schools in Lebanon in the Process of Decolonization....Pages 94-109 Alternatives to Nationalism in French Africa, 1945–60....Pages 110-137 Verwoerdian Apartheid and African Political Elites in South Africa, 1950–68....Pages 138-156 Chieftaincies and Chiefs in Northern Namibia: Intermediaries of Power between Traditionalism, Modernization, and Democratization....Pages 157-176 Nehru — the Dilemmas of a Colonial Inheritance....Pages 177-194 A “Frontal Attack on Irrational Elements”: Sékou Touré and the Management of Elites in Guinea....Pages 195-215 Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian Elites, and the Project of African Socialism....Pages 216-240 The United States, Decolonization, and the Education of Third World Elites....Pages 241-261 Building a Socialist Elite? — Khrushchev’s Soviet Union and Elite Formation in India....Pages 262-286 Back Matter....Pages 287-296 "Through their copious published writings, missionaries conveyed their experiences and anxieties about people and cultures they encountered in a much-consumed strand of colonial discourse, that allowed the British public to imagine the remote countries they inhabited. Using research that draws on these writings from missionaries in southern Africa and India, Missionary Discourses of Difference is organised into three important themes of imperial and postcolonial scholarship and major missionary concern: family, sickness and violence. Each thematic section considers both how missionaries represented race, religion, gender and culture and how their thinking was shaped by anxieties about their own experiences. This two-pronged approach allows for a sustained interrogation of the interplay between self and other in missionary writing and probes the limits of inclusion beneath the missionary commitment to universalism."--Publisher's description Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world as it is today. This book traces the broad and undeniable outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power. Barton examines how the imperial web of influence can justly be said to have revolutionized human thought and culture at every level and in every location. He concludes by warning that the open elites that characterized the Victorian age have given way to closed elites that manipulate the levers of the imperial web to the detriment of meaningful culture and human liberty The dissolution of European empires and the formation of independent states in Africa and Asia was one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Decolonization changed the established images and spatial order of the globe, as well as the imagination of men and women around the world. This volume puts agency squarely at the center of debate by looking at elites, leaders and social groups who shaped decolonization processes and changed the course of history. The volume ultimately shows how elites were vital in mediating and driving the complex processes which ultimately led to decolonization This is the undisputed best introduction to the history of the world-wide pattern of British activity in the nineteenth century, embracing its expansive spirit as well as its formal territorial empire. The dynamics of this extraordinary enterprise are considered broadly: the high-political concerns of strategy and international geopolitics are analyzed, as well as the economic dimension, missionary activity, and racial attitudes, together with a wide range of cultural aspects, including sport and the pursuit of sexual opportunity. Nor is the personal contribution of some of the leading Victorian figures neglected "A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform."--Publisher's description "Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself; this volume puts agency squarely at the center of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world."-- Provided by publisher The Idea Of An Aryan Race Became An Important Feature Of Imperial Culture In The 19th Century, Feeding Into Debates In Britain, Ireland, India, And The Pacific. This Study Traces The Emergence And Dissemination Of Aryanism Within The British Empire.