| The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Connell, John (Author), Aldrich, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 981155904X ISBN-13: 9789811559044 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - History | Modern - General |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.89 lbs) 524 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a fresh analysis of constitutional, economic, demographic and cultural developments in the overseas territories of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Ranging from Greenland to Gibraltar, the Falklands to the Faroes, and encompassing islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Caribbean, these territories command attention because of their unique status, and for the ways that they occasionally become flashpoints for rival international claims, dubious financial activities, illegal migration and clashes between metropolitan and local mores. Connell and Aldrich argue that a negotiated dependency brings greater benefits to these territories than might independence. |