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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.


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Chapter 1 A Decolonised World?.Chapter 2 Constitutions: The Constancy of Change.Chapter 3 Identity, Culture and Politics.Chapter 4 New Caledonia: The Infinite Pause?.Chapter 5 Economics: Niche Markets and Global Contexts.Chapter 6 Migration: Holding on to Home?.Chapter 7 Geopolitics: The Local and the Global.Chapter 8 Anomalies on the Map.Chapter 9 Plus ça change? From Last Colonies to Overseas Territories.

The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited

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      Publisher Springer Verlag, Singapore
      Published 16 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9789811559075
      978-9811559075
      ISBN-10 9811559074
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Human geography Development studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.


      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 A Decolonised World?.Chapter 2 Constitutions: The Constancy of Change.Chapter 3 Identity, Culture and Politics.Chapter 4 New Caledonia: The Infinite Pause?.Chapter 5 Economics: Niche Markets and Global Contexts.Chapter 6 Migration: Holding on to Home?.Chapter 7 Geopolitics: The Local and the Global.Chapter 8 Anomalies on the Map.Chapter 9 Plus ça change? From Last Colonies to Overseas Territories.

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