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Chapter 23 teaches students about:
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The origins of the term "Third World," and developing countries' positions of nonalignment in the Cold War. |
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The social and economic problems that challenged the world’s new nations, in particular the difficulties entailed in modernization. |
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The impact of the end of British rule in South Asia and the contentious issues surrounding the partition and the subsequent founding of both India and Pakistan. |
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The differing experiences of democracy in India and military dictatorship in Pakistan. |
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Processes of independence in Southeast Asia, and the differing trajectories of Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Indochina, and the Philippines. |
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Latin America’s difficulties with the legacy of colonialism, continuing imperialism, and economic crises. |