Decolonization: A History of Failure?
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/06/18
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Decolonization is widely considered one of the foundational processes of the modern world--an old imperial order was swept away, and a new world of nations emerged to replace it. But is the modern era really a world of nations or largely the detritus of broken-down empires? Is a world of nations an attainable or even desirable situation? Speaker Biography: John Darwin is Beit University lecturer in the history of the British Commonwealth at Nuffield College, Oxford University. For captions, transcript, and more information visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5246.
