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date: 07 December 2024

decolonization 

Source:
A Dictionary of Human Geography
Author(s):

Alisdair Rogers,

Noel Castree,

Rob Kitchin

The process by which a country achieves independence from a former or imperial colonial power (seeimperialism). This may be through armed resistance and revolution: for example, Vietnam’s struggle to gain independence from France, or by peaceful negotiation, such as Jamaica’s independence from the United Kingdom. The term may also describe the break-up of ... ...

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