1. Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years
2. The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II
3. Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation
4. Pronouncements, denunciation, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization
5. Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization
6. 'Gotta be this or that': the problems of independence
7. Outside in: colonial migration
8. Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence
9. In the wake of the past
10. Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization.