From Empire To Nation The Rise To Selfassertion Of Asian And African Peoples Rupert Emerson by Rupert Emerson 9780674333154, 9780674333130, 0674333152, 0674333136 instant download after payment.

To what extent are the emergent national patterns of Asia and Africa derivative and how do they differ from the classical models of Western Europe? A searching investigation is focused upon these differences, resulting in the first full-scale application to Asia and Africa of concepts elaborately worked out for European patterns. The new insights gained from this investigation will help to clarify the relation of nationalism to democracy.

Despite the interconnections between nationalism, colonialism, and democracy, the survival of Western democratic patterns under Asian and African conditions is uncertain. The emergence of the new states of Asia and Africa as actors on the world stage, with their own urgent problems, raises a multitude of unfamiliar questions. Avoiding the pitfall of premature solutions, From Empire to Nation offers interested readers the means for informed speculation.