Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands /

A detailed account - based on recently-opened archives - of when, how, and why the British Government changed its mind about giving independence to the Pacific Islands.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McIntyre, W. David (William David), 1932-2022 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
Temas:
Decolonization > Islands of the Pacific.
Décolonisation > Pacifique, Îles du.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Decolonization.
Diplomatic relations.
Entkolonialisierung
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Oceania.
Oceania > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Océanie.
Océanie > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain.
Oceania.
Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific.
Ozeanien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania
  • 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one': decolonization
  • 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of Panama': the end in the Pacific: when, why, and how?
  • 'A dramatic and liberal gesture': Attlee's secret Smaller Territories Enquiry, 1949-51
  • 'Limbo', 'mezzanine status', and 'independence minus': self-government within the Commonwealth
  • 'Something of a profit and loss account': Macmillan's Audit of Empire and aftermath, 1957-60
  • 'The Cold War Front is advancing upon Oceania': pressures from the United Nations, 1960-61
  • 'To complete the process of decolonization as soon as possible': Whitehall's response to the UN Declaration, 1962-64
  • 'Coming to the most difficult period of decolonization': The Lady Margaret Hall Conference, 1965
  • 'A line would have to be drawn somewhere': Oceania and the paradox of the expanding United Nations, 1965-68
  • 'The British Empire is past history': retreat from 'never' land begins: Tonga and Fiji, 1970
  • 'Independence and self-government have the same value': self-determination for Niue, 1970-74
  • 'It is more blessed to go than be pushed': the 1973 Programme Analysis and Review
  • 'To encourage Australia and New Zealand to take a larger share': The Anzac role in decolonization
  • 'Liquidating colonial arrangements with as much speed as could be decently mustered': accelerated decolonization: Solomon Islands
  • 'We cannot now apply the brakes': accelerated decolonization: the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 1975-78
  • 'The most difficult pre-independence conference we have had for a Pacific territory': accelerated decolonization: Kiribati and Banaba, 1968-79
  • 'The dying art of decolonization is difficult to pursue in a condominium': accelerated decolonization: New Hebrides.

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