Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- 1 The contraction of England: an inaugural lecture 1984
- 2 The twentieth-century revolutions in Monsoon Asia
- 3 India and Britain: the climactic years 1917–1947
- 4 The forgotten Bania: merchant communities and the Indian National Congress
- 5 Counterpart experiences: India/Indonesia 1920s–1950s
- 6 Emergencies and elections in India
- 7 East Africa: towards the new order 1945–1963 (with John Lonsdale)
- 8 Africa Year 1960
- 9 The end of the British Empire in Africa
- 10 History and independent Africa's political trauma
- 11 Political superstructures in post-colonial states
- 12 Little Britain and large Commonwealth
- 13 Australia in the eastern hemisphere
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Preface
- 1 The contraction of England: an inaugural lecture 1984
- 2 The twentieth-century revolutions in Monsoon Asia
- 3 India and Britain: the climactic years 1917–1947
- 4 The forgotten Bania: merchant communities and the Indian National Congress
- 5 Counterpart experiences: India/Indonesia 1920s–1950s
- 6 Emergencies and elections in India
- 7 East Africa: towards the new order 1945–1963 (with John Lonsdale)
- 8 Africa Year 1960
- 9 The end of the British Empire in Africa
- 10 History and independent Africa's political trauma
- 11 Political superstructures in post-colonial states
- 12 Little Britain and large Commonwealth
- 13 Australia in the eastern hemisphere
- Index
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- Eclipse of Empire , pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991