Decolonizations, Colonizations, and More Decolonizations: The End of Empire in Time and Space

• Published in: Journal of world history Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 491 - 526
• Main Author: Cooper, Frederick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press 01.09.2022; University of Hawaii Press
• Subjects: 19th century; 20th century; Activism; Assimilation; Citizenship; Colonialism; Decolonization; Empires; Equality; Evaluation; History; Nation states; Native North Americans; Political activism; Political power; Social justice; Sovereignty; United Kingdom; Brazil; Haiti; North America; Africa; Latin America; Spain

In the 1950s and 1960s, colonial empires turned into what seemed to be a world of nation-states. But the first wave of decolonization came in the Americas between the 1780s and the 1820s. This article explores the relationship between these two waves and the wave of colonizations that occurred in be...