This new Companion brings together, in one single volume, all the essential facts and figures relating to European decolonisation in the twentieth century. Prof

This new Companion brings together, in one single volume, all the essential facts and figures relating to European decolonisation in the twentieth century. Prof

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This new Companion is the ideal reference guide. It fills a gap by providing an authoritative but accessible reference on political, economic, religious, social

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