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The 183 pages that link to Decolonization, each with the reason it gives.

• Cultural appropriationRelated: Calls to address appropriation often seek changes to inherited colonial inequalities.

• Cold WarRelated: Newly independent states became sites of competition and pursued varied paths between the blocs.

• ColonialismCompared with: It names the political reversal of colonial rule and the contested work that follows.

• NationalismRelated: Nationalist movements helped mobilize demands for independence from colonial rule.

• British EmpireNarrower topic: It describes the broad dismantling of British rule across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.

• Historical revisionismRelated: Decolonizing historical interpretation reconsiders imperial accounts and restores colonized peoples' perspectives.

• SovereigntyRelated: Decolonization turned demands for sovereign self-rule into new independent states.

• Postcolonial literatureRelated: Many works depict independence and its incomplete aftermath.

• SocialismRelated: Socialist ideas influenced several anticolonial movements and postcolonial development programs.

• United NationsRelated: UN membership and debates helped legitimize self-determination and accelerate independence claims.

• Language revitalizationRelated: Language work can be part of broader efforts to restore Indigenous authority and knowledge.

• Self-determinationBroader topic: Anti-colonial movements turned self-determination into a claim to independence for colonized peoples.

• PostcolonialismRelated: It encompasses both formal independence and the unfinished dismantling of colonial legacies.

• Age of DiscoveryCompared with: It marks a later reversal of the imperial systems established during European expansion.

• Non-Aligned MovementNarrower topic: Newly independent states sought collective influence without entering either Cold War bloc.

• Marxism–LeninismRelated: Marxist–Leninist movements linked anti-imperialism with struggles for national liberation.

• W. E. B. Du BoisRelated: Du Bois connected racial equality in the United States with struggles against colonialism worldwide.

• One-party stateNarrower topic: Some newly independent states adopted single-party rule as a strategy for unity and state-building.

• Suez CrisisNarrower topic: The crisis demonstrated the shrinking ability of Britain and France to act independently as imperial powers.

• ImperialismCompared with: It marks the dismantling of formal empires, though not necessarily every form of influence.

• Commonwealth of NationsNarrower topic: The expansion of independent states transformed the Commonwealth from a mainly British association.

• TerrorismRelated: Anti-colonial conflicts shaped disputes over whether armed groups were liberation movements or terrorists.

• NégritudeRelated: Négritude strengthened cultural arguments for ending colonial domination and reclaiming self-definition.

• Settler colonialismCompared with: Its political aims can diverge from settler societies’ claims to permanent possession of land.

• Charter of the United NationsRelated: The Charter’s self-determination language became a basis for later UN decolonization work.

• Traditional ecological knowledgeRelated: Decolonizing research challenges extractive practices surrounding Indigenous knowledge and authority.

• Anti-imperialismRelated: It turned anti-imperialist demands into the independence of dozens of states.

• FranceRelated: It transformed France’s overseas relationships and produced many independent states with lasting ties to France.

• French AlgeriaNarrower topic: Algeria’s long conflict was one of the most violent struggles within this wider process.

• Frantz FanonRelated: Fanon examined decolonization as a transformation of social relations, not merely a transfer of government.

• Cultural imperialismRelated: Political independence prompted arguments about whether cultural dependence also persisted.

• Atlantic CharterRelated: Anti-colonial leaders used the Charter’s language of self-government to challenge imperial rule.

• Indirect ruleRelated: Independence left governments to contend with institutions and authority structures shaped by indirect rule.

• EurocentrismRelated: Its intellectual dimensions include challenging inherited European standards of knowledge and authority.

• Oriental studiesRelated: It changed the institutions, voices, and assumptions involved in studying formerly colonized regions.

• MercenaryRelated: Postcolonial conflicts created settings for modern mercenary interventions and recruitment.

• Nigerian independenceNarrower topic: Nigeria's independence formed part of the wider dismantling of European empires.

• Dutch colonial empireNarrower topic: The empire’s dissolution formed part of the wider twentieth-century retreat from colonial rule.

• National flagRelated: Newly independent states often adopted flags to declare sovereignty and define national identity.

• Aimé CésaireRelated: Césaire’s arguments helped frame the political and moral questions raised by decolonization.

• European colonialismRelated: Independence movements dismantled much formal European colonial rule without erasing all its legacies.

• Japanese imperialismNarrower topic: Japan’s defeat in 1945 accelerated the end of its empire and reshaped Asian independence struggles.

• PeacebuildingRelated: Critiques ask whether international peacebuilding reproduces unequal forms of external authority.

• AfrofuturismRelated: The movement reclaims futures from colonial accounts of progress and civilization.

• British Overseas TerritoriesRelated: The territories’ continuing status contrasts with the independence achieved by many former colonies.

• NationRelated: National movements helped turn anti-colonial struggles into claims for independent states.

• Foreign aidRelated: Newly independent states became major recipients and political actors in the aid system.

• French UnionNarrower topic: The Union sought to manage this broader transformation without initially granting independence.

• Military historyRelated: Anti-colonial wars and military pressures contributed to the end of empires.

• Interwar periodNarrower topic: Interwar anticolonial movements challenged empires that the First World War had weakened.