TY  - BOOK
AU  - Waites,Bernard
TI  - South Asia and Africa after independence: post-colonialism in historical perspective 
SN  - 9780230239845
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Basingstoke, Hampshire
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - South Asia
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1960-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-438) and index; Introduction: Post-colonialism in Historical Perspective -- Post-colonial Trajectories in South Asia -- Democracy, Economic Planning and Economic Stagnation in India: 1947-c.1975 -- Caste in post-colonial India -- Politics and Economics in Independent African States -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire, 1960-c.1975: Decolonisation, Civil War and State Recovery -- Nigeria and Congo-Zaire from the 1970s to Late 1990s: Regional Giants, Giant Failures? -- Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Ethnic Violence: the Examples of Rwanda and Burundi --Angola and Mozambique
N2  - "The first single-volume comparative history of postcolonial South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in the first generation since independence. Drawing together detailed economic and political analysis, Waites assesses the colonial impact on these regions, establishing breaks and continuities, and highlighting their diversity and interplay."--
ER  -