This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... After World War II for example, with the defeat of the tyrannical and imperialistic enemy, Nazi Germany, nations like India gained a new outlook on their place within the world, not needing to be ruled by a greater force, such as the British Empire. ... Perhaps the Second World War gave the nationalists the chance and the opportunity to build the foundations of an inde...

• Word Count: 4015
• Approx Pages: 16
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• Grade Level: Graduate

There were two basic industries found in the New World that shaped their economies: agriculture and mining. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... Such an economy made these countries quite vulnerable to foreign influences. ... They promised to stabilize the economy, grow industry and eventually restore democracy. ... Most countries had underdeveloped economies focused on the production of a narrow range of goods. ...

• Word Count: 2984
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When war broke out in Europe in 1914 at the start of World War 1, British and French troops prepared to seize Germany's colonies in Africa.... When World War 1 ended, African soldiers often received little or no compensations for lost limbs or battle injuries (www.dw.de). ... The idea of neocolonialism however suggests that when European powers granted nominal political independence to colonies in the decades after WW2 they continued to control the economies of the new African countries (science.jrank.org). ... Because of its reliance on external sources of demand and investment opportun...

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Spanish expansion in the New World was centered on the extraction of precious metals, conversion of the indigenous population to Catholicism and obtaining strategic positions to protect Spanish interests. ... The rise of Britain as a world power began humbly with a failed effort at colonization in 1585, but by 1600 the British had moved to correct several errors from their previous colonial and empire building efforts. ...

• Word Count: 2771
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

CHAPTER TWO: traces and summarizes the political background of Zambia and examines the British government's policy on Colonial Broadcasting before the Second World War. ... CHAPTER THREE: is devoted to discussing the development of radio in Northern Rhodesia after the Second World War and how the Colonial Government used the medium to 'socialize' the Africans. ...

• Word Count: 8649
• Approx Pages: 35
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate