The Ends of Empire

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.

Offers unique historical and geographical perspectives on the 'last colonies' and the disputes they engender Provides an original intervention into several current scholarly and public policy debates about international politics and the persistence of empire within it Bold in conception, global in reach, and written by scholars with unmatched experience and breadth of vision

Autorentext

John Connell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on development and migration in the Pacific region.
Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at the University of Sydney. His recent books include Banished Potentates: Dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955.

Inhalt
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.