The ends of European colonial empires : cases and comparisons /: cases and comparisons. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal and António Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
• Authors: Bandeira Jerónimo, Miguel, 1973-; Pinto, António Costa
• Editors: Bandeira Jerónimo, Miguel, 1973-; Pinto, António Costa
• Contents: Introduction: the ends of empire: chronologies, historiographies, and trajectories / Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and António Costa Pinto -- Part I. Competing developments: the idioms of reform and resistance -- Development, modernization, and the social sciences in the era of decolonization: the examples of British and French Africa / Frederick Cooper -- A modernizing empire? Politics, culture and economy in Portuguese late colonialism / Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and António Costa Pinto -- Commanders with or without machine-guns: Robert Delavignette and the future of the French-African "imperial nation-state, " 1956-58 / Martin Shipway -- Part II. Comparing endgames: the modi operandi of decolonization -- Imperial endings and small states: disorderly decolonization for Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal / Crawford Young -- British, French and Portuguese decolonization compared: political culture and strategic options in multilateral consultations / Bruno Cardoso Reis -- Exporting Britishness: decolonisation in Africa, the British state and its clients / Sarah Stockwell -- Acceptable levels? The use and threat of violence in the decolonization of British Central Africa, 1953-1965 / Philip Murphy -- Part III. Confronting internationals: the (geo)politics of decolonization -- Inside the parliament of man: decolonization, apartheid, and the remaking of the United Nations, 1945-1970 / Ryan Irwin -- Cold War and decolonisation in the Congo: Lumumba and the neo-colonial transfer of power 1960 / John Kent -- The international dimension of Portuguese colonial crisis, 1961-1968 / Luøs Nuno Rodrigues -- Last days of empire / John Darwin.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)
• Subjects: 325/.03094; History; Decolonization -- History -- 20th century; World history; Imperialism; History, Modern; International relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration; Colonialism & imperialism; Civil rights & citizenship; European history; Decolonization; International relations; Entkonsolidierung; History -- General; History -- Europe -- General; History -- Modern -- General; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; History -- Africa -- General; History: earliest times to present day; International relations; African history; History -- World; General & world history; Europe -- Relations -- Africa; Africa -- Relations -- Europe; Africa; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137394064; 1137394064; 9781349679072; 1349679070; 9781137394071; 1137394072
• Related ISBNs: 9781137394057
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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