emThe Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empireem offers the most comprehensive treatment of the causes, course, and consequences of the ends of empire in the twentieth century. The volume's contributors convey the global reach of decolonization, with chapters analysing the empires of Western Europe, brEastern Europe, China and Japan. pThe emHandbookem combines broad, regional treatments of decolonization with chapter contributions constructed around particular themes or social issues. It considers how the history of decolonization is being rethought as a result of the rise of the 'new' imperial history, and its emphasis on race, brgender, and culture, as well as the more recent growth of interest in histories of globalization, transnational history, and histories of migration and diaspora, humanitarianism and development, and human rights. pThe emHandbookem, in other words, seeks to identify the processes and commonalities of experience that make decolonization a unique historical phenome