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On a broad and somewhat scholarly level, “Autobiography of Cotton” details Mexico’s postindependence labor movements and land reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Coopers were valued craftsmen in colonial America and into the postindependence expansion westward.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2016

“This development is to be expected of a postindependence movement,” he says, citing the far-reaching alliances made between the new political elite and Jakarta as a factor in its emergence.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2014

The nature of the French postindependence presence in Djibouti awaits negotiation between Paris and the infant republic's new President, Hassan Gouled, 61, a veteran politician who agitated for Djibouti's independence for nearly 30 years.

From Time Magazine Archive