Europe after empire: decolonization, society, and culture

Contents

Introduction. - PART I. DECOLONIZATION FOR COLONIZERS : EUROPE'S TRANSITION TO THE POSTCOLONIAL ERA. Myths of continuity and European exceptionalism : Britain, decolonization, and the Commonwealth family ideal. - Occupation, resistance, and liberation : the road to Dutch decolonization. - Soldiering on in the shadow of war : decolonizing la Plus Grande France. - Long live the king? : Belgium, the monarchy, and the Congo between the Second World War and the decolonization years. - From rose-coloured map to Carnation Revolution : Portugal's overseas amputations. - PART II. MIGRATIONS AND MULTICULTURALISMS IN POSTCOLONIAL EUROPE. Ending empires, coming home : the ghost worlds of European colonial repatriates. - Ethnic minority immigration from empires lost. - Reconfiguring nations : identities, belonging, and multiculturalism in the wake of postcolonial migration. - PART III. MEMORIES, LEGACIES, AND FURTHER DIRECTIONS. Remembering and forgetting empires. - EPILOGUE : THOUGHTS TOWARDS NEW HISTORIES OF COMTEMPORARY EUROPE.