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Tables of Contents for Decolonization Since 1945
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Editors' Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Chronology of European Decolonization
xii
List of Abbreviations
xiv
Maps of Africa, Asia and the British and French Empires
xviii
Introduction: Definitions and Explanations
1
17
The Meaning of Decolonization
2
2
Explanations of Decolonization
4
1
Nationalist Explanations
5
4
International Explanations
9
4
Metropolitan (Domestic) Explanations
13
4
Endnote
17
1
Empire and its Rejection: Before 1945
18
13
European Empires
19
6
Pre-1945 Anti-Colonial Revolts
25
4
Conclusions
29
2
South East Asia: The Struggle for European `Recolonization'
31
34
The British in Java and Sumatra
33
3
The Dutch Attempt to Recolonize
36
2
Indochina from 1940 to 1945
38
2
The British in Saigon
40
3
The Vietmninh in Hanoi
43
2
The French War in Indochina
45
4
Malaya: Return of British Rule
49
4
The Malayan Emergency
53
7
Singapore and Federation
60
2
Conclusions
62
3
South Asia, The Middle East and the Mediterranean: British Retreat from Empire
65
41
British India: The Case for Departure
66
5
The Partition of India
71
3
The Princely States: Kashmir
74
1
Nurma: Collapse of British Rule
75
4
Ceylon: Progress to Dominion Status
79
2
Palestine: Britain's Mandate
81
4
Palestine: Britain Ends its Mandate
85
2
Egypt: The British Foothold
87
4
Aden and the Gulf States
91
4
Cyprus
95
6
Malta
101
1
Gibraltar
102
2
Conclusions
104
2
Africa and the Caribbean: Winds of Change Blow
106
40
The Economics of African Decolonization
108
4
The Gold Coast: Under British Rule
112
2
Nkrumah's Populist Nationalism
114
2
French West and Equatorial Africa
116
6
Nigeria: Under British Rule
122
3
Nigeria: The Federal Solution
125
3
The Central African Federation
128
3
Central Africa: The Emergence of Nationalism
131
4
The Congo: Independence and Civil War
135
5
British West Indies
140
2
French and Dutch West Indies
142
1
Conclusions
143
3
White-Settler Africa: Reluctance to Concede Majority Rule
146
40
Algeria: Under French Rule
147
2
Algeria: Armed Insurrection
149
3
The Struggle for Algiers
152
2
The Surrender of French Algeria
154
3
Kenya: Under British Rule
157
3
Kenya: State of Emergency
160
6
Southern Rhodesia: Towards UDI
166
4
White Rhodesia: Black Resistance
170
4
Portuguese Angola, Mozambique and Guinea
174
2
Armed Struggle in the 1960s
176
3
The Effects of the Portuguese Revolution
179
4
South Africa: From White to Majority Rule
183
1
Conclusions
184
2
Overseas Territories and DOM-TOMs: Remanants of Empire
186
17
Britain's Overseas Territories
187
2
The Falkland Islands
189
2
Hong Kong
191
2
France's DOM-TOMs
193
2
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
195
3
New Caledonia
198
3
Conclusions
201
2
Conclusions: Explanations Reassessed
203
17
Nationalist Explanations
204
4
International Explanations
208
3
Metropolitan (Domestic) Explanations
211
2
The Role of Collaborative Elites
213
4
Closing Remarks
217
3
Bibliography
220
8
Index
228