Metropolitan Identities and Twentieth-Century Decolonization
This book focuses on the role of the processes and mechanisms involved in metropolitan identity construction, maintenance, and change in twentieth century decolonization, an event integral to world politics but little studied in International Relations.
- PDF / 4,087,915 Bytes
- 222 Pages / 396.85 x 612.283 pts Page_size
- 96 Downloads / 184 Views
Metropolitan Identities and Twentieth-Century Decolonization Lena Tan
METROPOLITAN IDENTITIES AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY DECOLONIZATION
Copyright © Lena Tan, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-55428-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-56663-1 DOI 10.1057/9781137548887
ISBN 978-1-137-54888-7 (eBook)
Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tan, Lena, 1970– author. Metropolitan identities and twentieth century decolonization / Lena Tan. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-56663-1 1. Decolonization. 2. India—History—Autonomy and independence movements. 3. Timor-Leste—History—Autonomy and independence movements. 4. Great Britain—Relations—India. 5. India—Relations— Great Britain. 6. Indonesia—Relations—Timor-Leste. 7. Timor-Leste— Relations—Indonesia. I. Title. JV151.T36 2015 954.03958—dc23
2015015617
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
For my family
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
1
Introduction
1
2
The Question of India: The Battle between the Die-Hards and the Reformers in Britain, 1929–1935
3 From Incorporation to Disengagement: East Timor and Making Indonesia, 1975–1999 4
Conclusion: Identity, Decolonization, and International Relations
33 79 125
Notes
137
Bibliography
181
Index
201
Acknowledgments
I
would like to thank Peter M. Haas and Srirupa Roy for their advice and guidance through all the stages of this project. I am also grateful to Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, who provided important comments and insights during the initial stages of this project at the first Relational and Interpretive M
Data Loading...
