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Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings [[electronic resource] ] : Diplomatic and Administrative Service from Africa to the Pacific



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Autore: Stuart Andrew Visualizza persona
Titolo: Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings [[electronic resource] ] : Diplomatic and Administrative Service from Africa to the Pacific Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : I.B.Tauris, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina: 325.341092
Soggetto topico: Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945
Stuart, Andrew, -- 1928
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Dedication; Disclaimer; Prelude: The Prophet on the Rock; 1. The Naïve 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
Sommario/riassunto: Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings gives an offbeat account of Andrew 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
Titolo autorizzato: Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-61955-1
9786612619557
0-85771-525-9
1-4416-3845-8
600-00-1940-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456728003321
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