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Malcolm MacDonald : bringing an end to empire /
"Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) played a central role in the decolonization of the British Empire. In this first biography of a highly unusual public figure, Clyde Sanger gives a full account of MacDonald's working life, from early successes in Ireland to a crashing failure over Palestine,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1995.
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| Colección: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Illustrations
- PROLOGUE
- 1 Out of Africa, Amiably, December 1963
- EARLY YEARS
- 2 The Family in Lossiemouth
- 3 Margaret's Short, Crowded Life, 1870-1912
- 4 Schooldays at Bedales, 1912-1920
- 5 Oxford Years, 1920-1924
- 6 Three Travelling Tongues, 1924-1925
- 7 Authors and Antilopes, 1925-1929
- PARLIAMENTARY YEARS
- 8 Bassetlaw and Five Elections, 1923-1935
- 9 Learning under Ramsay, 1929-1935
- 10 Palestine: Under Weizmann's Charm, 1922-1936.
- 1 Ross and Cromarty and the Churchills,
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- Bringing Peace to Ireland, 1935-1938
- 13 The Abdication and Dominion Crises, 1936-1938
- 14 Bereavement and Appeasement, 1937-1938
- 15 Moyne, Hailey, and a New View on Colonies, 1935-1940
- 16 Palestine: The Split over Partition, 1938-1940
- 17 In Search of Beauty
- 18 London under Attack
- 19 The Submarine War and Ireland, 1940-1941
- CANADA
- 20 Ottawa, 1941
- 21 Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crises, 1942-1944
- 22 Balancing the Triangle, 1941-1943.
- 23 Twists over Tube Alloys, 1942-1946
- 24 Birds and Other Pursuits, 1941-1945
- 25 Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946
- ASIA
- 26 Malaya: Salvaging a Federation, 1946-1948
- 27 Old Attitudes and Closed Clubs, 1947-1954
- 28 The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1953
- 29 Building Trust between Communities, 1948-1951
- 30 Fast Friends
- 31 Borneo People, 1946-1956
- 32 Brunei and Singapore, 1946-1955
- 33 The Colombo Plan and Vietnam, 1948-1954
- 34 Siam, Sihanouk, Sukarno, and Seminars, 1948-1955
- 35 India: Picking Up the Pieces after Suez,1955-1960.
- 36 Leading Laos to Neutrality, 1961-1962
- AFRICA AND LATER YEARS
- 37 Kenya: Preparing for Uhuru, 1963-1964
- 38 Rhodesia, South Africa, and Nigeria, 1965-1974
- 39 Bridges to China, 1962-1975
- 40 Years of Retirement, 1969-1981
- 41 An Assessment: Man and Diplomat.