W David McIntyre
Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
W David McIntyre
Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
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The first 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.
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The first 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.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Sydney University Press
- Seitenzahl: 298
- Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 612g
- ISBN-13: 9780198702436
- ISBN-10: 0198702434
- Artikelnr.: 39480572
- Verlag: Sydney University Press
- Seitenzahl: 298
- Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 612g
- ISBN-13: 9780198702436
- ISBN-10: 0198702434
- Artikelnr.: 39480572
W. David McIntyre was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. After teaching for the Universities of Maryland, British Columbia, and Nottingham, he became Professor of History at the University of Canterbury New Zealand between 1966 and 1997. As Honorary Special Correspondent of The New Zealand International Review he reported on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings from 1987 to 2011.
* Preface
* Prologue
* PART I: Oceania Overview
* 1: 'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania
* 2: 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one':
Decolonization
* 3: 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of
Panama': End of Empire in the Pacific: when, why, and how?
* PART II: Holding On
* 4: 'A dramatic and liberal gesture': Attlee's Secret Smaller
Territories Enquiry, 1949-51
* 5: 'Limbo', 'mezzanine status' or 'independence minus':
Self-government within the Commonwealth in the 1950s
* 6: 'Something of a profit and loss account': Macmillan's Audit of
Empire, 1957-59
* PART III: Letting Go
* 7: 'The Cold War Front is advancing upon Oceania': Pressures at the
United Nations, 1960-61
* 8: 'To Complete the process of decolonization as soon as possible':
Responses to the UN Declaration on Colonialism, 1962-65
* 9: 'Coming to the most difficult period of decolonization': The Lady
Margaret Hall Conference, 1965
* 10: 'A line would have to be drawn': The paradox of the expanding
United Nations, 1965-70
* PART IV: Winding Up
* 11: 'For us the British Empire is past history': Towards a retreat
from 'Never-land': Tonga and Fiji, 1970
* 12: 'Independence and self-government have the same value':
Self-determination for Niue, 1970-74
* 13: 'It is more blessed to go than be pushed': The 1973 Programme
Analysis and Review
* 14: 'To encourage Australia and New Zealand to take a larger share':
The Anzac role in decolonization
* 15: 'Liquidating colonial arrangements with as much speed as
possible': Accelerated decolonization: (1) Solomon Islands
* 16: 'We cannot now apply the brakes': Accelerated decolonization: (2)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
* 17: 'The most difficult pre-independence conference we have had for a
Pacific territory': Accelerated decolonization: (3) Kiribati and
Banaba
* 18: 'The dying art of decolonization is difficult to pursue in a
Condominium': Accelerated decolonization: (4) New Hebrides
* Epilogue
* Bibliography
* Prologue
* PART I: Oceania Overview
* 1: 'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania
* 2: 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one':
Decolonization
* 3: 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of
Panama': End of Empire in the Pacific: when, why, and how?
* PART II: Holding On
* 4: 'A dramatic and liberal gesture': Attlee's Secret Smaller
Territories Enquiry, 1949-51
* 5: 'Limbo', 'mezzanine status' or 'independence minus':
Self-government within the Commonwealth in the 1950s
* 6: 'Something of a profit and loss account': Macmillan's Audit of
Empire, 1957-59
* PART III: Letting Go
* 7: 'The Cold War Front is advancing upon Oceania': Pressures at the
United Nations, 1960-61
* 8: 'To Complete the process of decolonization as soon as possible':
Responses to the UN Declaration on Colonialism, 1962-65
* 9: 'Coming to the most difficult period of decolonization': The Lady
Margaret Hall Conference, 1965
* 10: 'A line would have to be drawn': The paradox of the expanding
United Nations, 1965-70
* PART IV: Winding Up
* 11: 'For us the British Empire is past history': Towards a retreat
from 'Never-land': Tonga and Fiji, 1970
* 12: 'Independence and self-government have the same value':
Self-determination for Niue, 1970-74
* 13: 'It is more blessed to go than be pushed': The 1973 Programme
Analysis and Review
* 14: 'To encourage Australia and New Zealand to take a larger share':
The Anzac role in decolonization
* 15: 'Liquidating colonial arrangements with as much speed as
possible': Accelerated decolonization: (1) Solomon Islands
* 16: 'We cannot now apply the brakes': Accelerated decolonization: (2)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
* 17: 'The most difficult pre-independence conference we have had for a
Pacific territory': Accelerated decolonization: (3) Kiribati and
Banaba
* 18: 'The dying art of decolonization is difficult to pursue in a
Condominium': Accelerated decolonization: (4) New Hebrides
* Epilogue
* Bibliography
* Preface
* Prologue
* PART I: Oceania Overview
* 1: 'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania
* 2: 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one':
Decolonization
* 3: 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of
Panama': End of Empire in the Pacific: when, why, and how?
* PART II: Holding On
* 4: 'A dramatic and liberal gesture': Attlee's Secret Smaller
Territories Enquiry, 1949-51
* 5: 'Limbo', 'mezzanine status' or 'independence minus':
Self-government within the Commonwealth in the 1950s
* 6: 'Something of a profit and loss account': Macmillan's Audit of
Empire, 1957-59
* PART III: Letting Go
* 7: 'The Cold War Front is advancing upon Oceania': Pressures at the
United Nations, 1960-61
* 8: 'To Complete the process of decolonization as soon as possible':
Responses to the UN Declaration on Colonialism, 1962-65
* 9: 'Coming to the most difficult period of decolonization': The Lady
Margaret Hall Conference, 1965
* 10: 'A line would have to be drawn': The paradox of the expanding
United Nations, 1965-70
* PART IV: Winding Up
* 11: 'For us the British Empire is past history': Towards a retreat
from 'Never-land': Tonga and Fiji, 1970
* 12: 'Independence and self-government have the same value':
Self-determination for Niue, 1970-74
* 13: 'It is more blessed to go than be pushed': The 1973 Programme
Analysis and Review
* 14: 'To encourage Australia and New Zealand to take a larger share':
The Anzac role in decolonization
* 15: 'Liquidating colonial arrangements with as much speed as
possible': Accelerated decolonization: (1) Solomon Islands
* 16: 'We cannot now apply the brakes': Accelerated decolonization: (2)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
* 17: 'The most difficult pre-independence conference we have had for a
Pacific territory': Accelerated decolonization: (3) Kiribati and
Banaba
* 18: 'The dying art of decolonization is difficult to pursue in a
Condominium': Accelerated decolonization: (4) New Hebrides
* Epilogue
* Bibliography
* Prologue
* PART I: Oceania Overview
* 1: 'Imperialism, as such, is a newly coined word': Empire and Oceania
* 2: 'The task of "Empire un-building" is a difficult one':
Decolonization
* 3: 'Britain's withdrawal east of Suez is also a withdrawal west of
Panama': End of Empire in the Pacific: when, why, and how?
* PART II: Holding On
* 4: 'A dramatic and liberal gesture': Attlee's Secret Smaller
Territories Enquiry, 1949-51
* 5: 'Limbo', 'mezzanine status' or 'independence minus':
Self-government within the Commonwealth in the 1950s
* 6: 'Something of a profit and loss account': Macmillan's Audit of
Empire, 1957-59
* PART III: Letting Go
* 7: 'The Cold War Front is advancing upon Oceania': Pressures at the
United Nations, 1960-61
* 8: 'To Complete the process of decolonization as soon as possible':
Responses to the UN Declaration on Colonialism, 1962-65
* 9: 'Coming to the most difficult period of decolonization': The Lady
Margaret Hall Conference, 1965
* 10: 'A line would have to be drawn': The paradox of the expanding
United Nations, 1965-70
* PART IV: Winding Up
* 11: 'For us the British Empire is past history': Towards a retreat
from 'Never-land': Tonga and Fiji, 1970
* 12: 'Independence and self-government have the same value':
Self-determination for Niue, 1970-74
* 13: 'It is more blessed to go than be pushed': The 1973 Programme
Analysis and Review
* 14: 'To encourage Australia and New Zealand to take a larger share':
The Anzac role in decolonization
* 15: 'Liquidating colonial arrangements with as much speed as
possible': Accelerated decolonization: (1) Solomon Islands
* 16: 'We cannot now apply the brakes': Accelerated decolonization: (2)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
* 17: 'The most difficult pre-independence conference we have had for a
Pacific territory': Accelerated decolonization: (3) Kiribati and
Banaba
* 18: 'The dying art of decolonization is difficult to pursue in a
Condominium': Accelerated decolonization: (4) New Hebrides
* Epilogue
* Bibliography