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This text provides a historical account of the liquidation of the colonial control which European governments exercised during the first half of the 20th century. While the scope of the book is intercontinental, dealing with both Anglophone and Francophone Africa, attention is paid to the particular problems of different African regions and some attempt is made to illustrate the historic individuality of each country. While ""decolonization"" is defined in the narrower sense, as a process completed by independence, the book recognizes that many colonial influences endure thereafter.

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...Laid out in clearly signposted chapters, dense with information yet enlivened with shrewd comment and the telling phrase, this is an admirable introduction to a big subject. It fulfils the object of the series by 'drawing on the latest fruits of scholarship' and itself makes a contribution to scholarship; in doing so this book deserves a readership beyond the student market for which it is primarily intended.' A. J Stockwell, African Affairs undoubtedly the best attempt yet to get to grips with this complex topic Richard Rathbone, English Historical Review This book remains quite simply the best English-language study of its subject. Modern and contemporary France

...Laid out in clearly signposted chapters, dense with information yet enlivened with shrewd comment and the telling phrase, this is an admirable introduction to a big subject. It fulfils the object of the series by 'drawing on the latest fruits of scholarship' and itself makes a contribution to scholarship; in doing so this book deserves a readership beyond the student market for which it is primarily intended.' A. J Stockwell, African Affairs undoubtedly the best attempt yet to get to grips with this complex topic Richard Rathbone, English Historical Review

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John D. Hargreaves

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