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Decolonization and Independence

Decolonization and Independence. Independence struggles, 1919-1960s. Post World War I nationalisms Post world war colonial order British Commonwealth (1926) Colonial subjects and nationalist sentiment Post World War II colonial order Routes to independence:

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Decolonization and Independence

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  1. Decolonization and Independence

  2. Independence struggles, 1919-1960s • Post World War I nationalisms • Post world war colonial order • British Commonwealth (1926) • Colonial subjects and nationalist sentiment • Post World War II colonial order • Routes to independence: • 1) negotiated independence 2) civil war • 3) incomplete independence

  3. Nationalist movements: India, 1915-1960s (Pattern 1: negotiated independence) • Gandhi and satyagraha • Amritsar massacre (1919) • Boycott and swaraj • Salt March • internal divides • Pakistan and partition • post-independence challenges

  4. Nationalist movements: China and the Communist Revolution(Pattern 2: civil war) • 1911: end of the Qing: Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang Party • post World War I issues and May Fourth Movement and the 1920s • Chiang Kai-shek • Mao Zedong and the rise of the Communist Party Mao Zedong

  5. Middle East: PalestinePattern 3: incomplete independence • Balfour Declaration, 1917 • Mandate system • UN vote for partition • 1948 war and refugee problem

  6. Nationalist movements: African patterns • Differences between British and French colonial policies • Early nationalist movements • Julius Nyerere (Tanzani) • Nkrumah (Ghana) • Post-World War II patterns • Negritude movement

  7. South Africa • Native Land Act, 1913 • 1948 self-governing • Apartheid • African National Congress

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