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Film, Video The Empires Who Came in from the Cold: Decolonization and the Cold War

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Title

  • The Empires Who Came in from the Cold: Decolonization and the Cold War

Summary

  • The overlapping timelines of post-World-War-II decolonization and the Cold War create a fascinating interrelationship, according to historian Jason Parker. According to Parker, decolonization entailed not just the transfer of political and juridical sovereignty but also an intellectual and cultural process that dethroned European assertions and affirmed nationalist self-rule. The ultimate dimensions of the decolonization process make it a larger and longer-running 20th-century story than that of the superpower conflict of the Cold War.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2010-07-21.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  War, Military

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Jason Parker.
  • -  Recorded on 2010-07-21.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688503

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Empires Who Came in from the Cold: Decolonization and the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2010. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688503/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2010) The Empires Who Came in from the Cold: Decolonization and the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688503/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Empires Who Came in from the Cold: Decolonization and the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2010. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688503/>.