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Stuart Andrew |
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Titolo |
Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings [[electronic resource] ] : Diplomatic and Administrative Service from Africa to the Pacific |
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London, : I.B.Tauris, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-61955-1 |
9786612619557 |
0-85771-525-9 |
1-4416-3845-8 |
600-00-1940-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography |
Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945 |
Stuart, Andrew, -- 1928 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Dedication; Disclaimer; Prelude: The Prophet on the Rock; 1. The Naìˆve and Sentimental Colonialist; 2. Settlers in the Glue Pot; 3. The Lord of Africa; 4. 'King Freddie'; 5. District Officer; 6. Safari; 7. Fish and Chips; 8. New Flags for Old; 9. Amin and After; 10. Diplomat: A Minnow in the Whitehall Pond; 11. Hong Kong: The Fragrant Harbour; 12. Seychelles: The Island of Indecent Coconuts; 13. Diego Garcia: A Bet on a Bikini; 14. New Hebrides: Condominium in the South Pacific; 15. Resident Commissioner; 16. The Land of the Holy Spirit; 17. Rebellions and Taboos |
18. John Frum's Cargoes19. Prince Philip's Paradis; 20. 'The Pandemonium'; 21. Soldier, Soldier; 22. The 'Coconut War'; 23. The End of Empire; Envoi: Brought to Justice |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings gives an offbeat account of Andrew |
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Stuart's wide-ranging experiences. Never a stereotypical colonialist, as the son of a missionary, he knew the people, the politicians and the kings of Uganda from his childhood and worked with them until 1965, four years after independence, when he joined the British Diplomatic Service._x000D__x000D_As a diplomat, before ending up as British Ambassador to Finland, he was soon drawn back into the closing stages of the British Empire. The end of empire in British and French territories from Africa to the Pacific, the rise of China |
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