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Search Keywords
Use the truncation symbol so that decoloni* will return results that include the following words: decolonise, decolonize, decolonising, decolonizing, decolonisation, decolonization, decolonial, decoloniality. Colonial* will return results that include: coloniality, colonialsm.
Also, consider the following:
- Postcolonialism
- empire
- eurocentic
- eurocentrism
- epitemacide
- indigenous
- indigeneity
- Imperialism
- Pan-Africanism
- anti-racist
- anti-racism
General
- Empire OnlineCharts the European colonial period. A broad selection of letter books, periodicals, travel writings and more, selected from archives around the world.
- Historical abstractsScholarly literature in history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). This database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
- Europa World PlusProvides up-to-date and historical background essays on every country in the world.
- Oxford BibliographiesHigh-level overviews of scholarship written by top names in the field get researchers and faculty up to speed quickly on topics beyond an area of expertise.
- Oxford Handbooks OnlineContains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field.
- UN Documentation: DecolonizationUN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Events/ Regions
- Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and PeoplesUN General Assembly. New York, December 14, 1960. Source: Audio Visual Library of International Law.
- General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962 (Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources)UN General Assembly. New York, December 14, 1962. Source: Audiovisual Library of International Law.
- Bandung Conference (Asian-African Conference), 1955Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, US Dept of State
- Decolonization Resource Collection: AfricaNational History Center, American Historical Association.
- Cold War History/ Wilson Center Digital ArchiveIncludes document collections on the Bandung Conference, Non-Aligned Movement, IndoChinese War, and more.
- South African History OnlineLarge, comprehensive resource on South African and African history and culture.
- African American History/ Primary DocumentsBlackPast.org
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