This volume examines the tumultuous changes that have occurred and are still occurring in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947.
* Ranges widely over the major themes, regions, theories and practices of postcolonial study
* Presents original essays by the leading proponents of postcolonial study in the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, East and West Asia
* Provides clear introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate regions affected by European colonization
* Features introductory essays on the major thinkers and intellectual schools that have informed strategies of national liberation worldwide
* Offers an incisive summary of the long history and theory of modern European colonization in local detail and global scale.
