05228nam 22008535 450 991081180480332120201104194056.01-137-39406-410.1057/9781137394064(CKB)3720000000051275(SSID)ssj0001653441(PQKBManifestationID)16433398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001653441(PQKBWorkID)14982333(PQKB)10026933(SSID)ssj0001533499(PQKBManifestationID)12628862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001533499(PQKBWorkID)11484640(PQKB)11454360(DE-He213)978-1-137-39406-4(MiAaPQ)EBC4000863(PPN)192221280(EXLCZ)99372000000005127520160216d2015 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrThe Ends of European Colonial Empires Cases and Comparisons /edited by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, António Costa Pinto1st ed. 2015.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (XII, 288 p.) Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633Includes indexes.1-349-67907-0 1-137-39405-6 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.This volume provides a multidimensional assessment of the diverse ends of the European colonial empires, addressing different geographies, taking into account diverse chronologies of decolonization, and evaluating the specificities of each imperial configuration under appreciation (Portuguese, Belgian, French, British, Dutch).Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1633World historyImperialismEurope—HistoryHistory, ModernInternational relationsAfrica—HistoryWorld History, Global and Transnational Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/719000Imperialism and Colonialismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/722000European Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000International Relationshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000African Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000EuropeRelationsAfricaAfricaRelationsEuropeWorld history.Imperialism.Europe—History.History, Modern.International relations.Africa—History.World History, Global and Transnational History.Imperialism and Colonialism.European History.Modern History.International Relations.African History.325/.03094Jerónimo Miguel Bandeiraedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtCosta Pinto Antónioedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910811804803321The Ends of European Colonial Empires4010928UNINA