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Decolonising the Caribbean Dutch policies in a comparative perspective
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- ISBN: 058549536X (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780585495361 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9789048505296 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9048505291 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9053566546
- ISBN: 9789053566541
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1 online resource. - Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
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| General Note: | Title from e-book title screen (viewed Feb. 4, 2004). Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.19 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British West Indies and the Remnants of Empire -- The Colonial Period -- The Failure of the West Indian Federation -- Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories -- 2. The Comparative Context: The French départements d'outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price -- The Colonial Period -- Decolonisation through Integration -- Assimilation à la française -- 3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics -- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's Status Debate -- The U.S.Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory -- 4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism -- Failed Exploitation -- Colonial Administration -- Cultural Divides -- 5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954 -- World War ii, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and the Atlantic Charter -- In the Shadow of Indonesia -- The Round-Table Conferences -- The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954 -- 6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975 -- Exploring the Charter's Margins -- Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt -- Negotiating the Independence of Suriname -- The Antillean Refusal -- 7. The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975 -- The Aruban Status Aparte -- ANew Dutch Agenda for the 1990s -- Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy -- Into the Twenty-First Century -- 8. Illusions and Benefits of 'Reciprocal Assistance': Development Aid -- Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975 -- Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite? -- A Comparative Perspective -- 9. A Caribbean Exodus -- Prelude, 1954-1973 -- The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980 -- The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s -- A Comparative Perspective -- 10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance -- Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? -- Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? -- A Comparative Perspective -- 11. Epilogue -- Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell -- Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet -- What Kind of Kingdom? |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
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