Decolonisation

Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century.

Today best known for its gambling industry, the rich cultural history of Europe’s last colonial toehold in China might be the key to its future. 

Dutch sovereignty was transferred to the United States of Indonesia on November 2nd, 1949.

J.E. Spence considers the interface between ideological and geopolitical factors in the struggle for supremacy in Southern Africa.

Jean Alphonse Bernard considers the two key provinces and how they became touchstones and then powderkegs in the nationalist aspirations of both sides.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of May 15th, 1847.

The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.

Bernard Porter argues that the 'End of Empire' unravelled British domestic politics as well as her international outlook.

John McLeod presents a study from the last days of the Raj of an Indian ruler who defied the stereotype of princely extravagance and self-indulgence.

Karl Hack on the links between dams and decolonisation and the ups and downs of Anglo-Malaysian relations.