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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789712303321

Autore

Foray Jennifer L. <1976->

Titolo

Visions of empire in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands / / Jennifer L. Foray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-23028-4

1-139-18008-8

1-283-38422-1

9786613384225

1-139-18986-7

1-139-18855-0

1-139-18393-1

1-139-19115-2

1-139-18625-6

1-139-05951-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

HIS010000

Disciplina

940.53/492

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Netherlands

Dutch - Indonesia - History - 20th century

Decolonization - Indonesia - History

Decolonization - Netherlands - History

Netherlands History German occupation, 1940-1945

Netherlands Colonies Asia History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. War comes to the kingdom -- 2. The landscape of resistance and the clandestine press -- 3. 'Look to the East!' collaboration, colonialism, and compensatory schemes -- 4. 'Indies lost, disaster born': the trauma of early 1942 -- 5. Mutuality, equality, and the Commonwealth: the queen's speech of December 7, 1942 -- 6. Countering the Commonwealth: the center and right enter the fray -- 7. 'After our liberation, that of Indonesia': preparing for battle -- 8. Wartime consensus and post-war pressures -- Conclusion: the end of an era.



Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how the experiences of World War II shaped and transformed Dutch perceptions of their centuries-old empire. Focusing on the work of leading anti-Nazi resisters, Jennifer L. Foray examines how the war forced a rethinking of colonial practices and relationships. As Dutch resisters planned for a postwar world bearing little resemblance to that of 1940, they envisioned a wide range of possibilities for their empire and its territories, anticipating a newly harmonious relationship between the Netherlands and its most prized colony in the East Indies. Though most of the underground writers and thinkers discussed in this book ultimately supported the idea of a Dutch commonwealth, this structure wouldn't come to pass in the postwar period. The Netherlands instead embarked on a violent decolonization process brought about by wartime conditions in the Netherlands and the East Indies.