Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery.
• Editors: Aldrich, Robert, 1954-; McCreery, Cindy, 1968-
• Contents: 1 Monarchies, decolonisation and post-colonial Asia – Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery2 All the king’s men: regal ministers of eclipsed empires – Priya Naik3 Decolonised rulers: rajas, maharajas and others in post-colonial times – Jim Masselos4 The Himalayan kingdoms, British colonialism and indigenous monarchs after the end of empire – Robert Aldrich 5 Conflict and betrayal: negotiations at the end of British rule in the Shan States of Burma (Myanmar) – Susan Conway6 Malaysia’s multi-monarchy: surviving colonisation and decolonisation – Anthony Milner7 Celebrating the 'world’s most ideal state': Sarawak and the Brook dynasty’s centenary of 1941 – Donna Brunero8 Refashioning the monarchy in Brunei: Sultan Omar Ali and the quest for royal absolutism – Naimah S. Talib9 Colonial monarchy and decolonisation in the French Empire: Bao Dai, Norodom Sihanouk and Mohammed V – Christopher Goscha10 Loyalism and anti-communism in the making of the modern monarchy in post-colonial Laos – Ryan Wolfson-Ford11 Indonesia: sultans and the state – Jean Gelman Taylor12 Defending the sultanate’s territory: Yogyakarta during the Indonesian decolonisation, 1942–50 – Bayu Dardias Kurniadi13 The uses of monarchy in late-colonial Hong Kong, 1967–97 – Mark Hampton14 From absolute monarch to ‘symbol emperor’: decolonisation and the Japanese emperor after 1945 – Elise K. Tipton15 Dramatising Siamese independence: Thai post-colonial perspectives on kingship – Irene StengsIndex
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.45; Monarchy -- Asia -- History; Monarchy -- Asia -- History -- Case studies; Decolonization -- Asia; Europe -- Colonies -- Asia -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526142719; 9781526142702
• Related ISBNs: 9781526142696
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