Original publication date
2003
Publication
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
ISBN
9048505291 / 9789048505296
Collections
Notes
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34557
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British
West Indies and the Remnants of Empire
The Colonial Period | The Failure of the West Indian Federation | Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories
2. The Comparative Context: The French départements d’outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price
The Colonial Period | Decolonisation through Integration | Assimilation à la française
3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the u.s. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico’s Status Debate | The u.s. Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory
4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism
Failed Exploitation | Colonial Administration| Cultural Divides
5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954
World War II, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and
the Atlantic Charter | In the Shadow of Indonesia |The Round-Table Conferences | The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954
6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975
Exploring the Charter’s Margins | Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt | Negotiating the Independence of Suriname | The Antillean Refusal
7.The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975
The Aruban Status Aparte | A New Dutch Agenda for the 1990s | Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy | Into the Twenty-First Century
8. Illusions and Benefits of ‘Reciprocal Assistance’: Development Aid
Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975 | Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite? | A Comparative Perspective
9. A Caribbean Exodus
Prelude, 1954-1973 | The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980| The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s | A Comparative Perspective
10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance
Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? | Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? | A Comparative Perspective
11. Epilogue
Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell | – Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet |What Kind of Kingdom? | The Future
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British
West Indies and the Remnants of Empire
The Colonial Period | The Failure of the West Indian Federation | Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories
2. The Comparative Context: The French départements d’outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price
The Colonial Period | Decolonisation through Integration | Assimilation à la française
3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the u.s. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico’s Status Debate | The u.s. Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory
4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism
Failed Exploitation | Colonial Administration| Cultural Divides
5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954
World War II, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and
the Atlantic Charter | In the Shadow of Indonesia |The Round-Table Conferences | The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954
6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975
Exploring the Charter’s Margins | Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt | Negotiating the Independence of Suriname | The Antillean Refusal
7.The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975
The Aruban Status Aparte | A New Dutch Agenda for the 1990s | Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy | Into the Twenty-First Century
8. Illusions and Benefits of ‘Reciprocal Assistance’: Development Aid
Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975 | Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite? | A Comparative Perspective
9. A Caribbean Exodus
Prelude, 1954-1973 | The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980| The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s | A Comparative Perspective
10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance
Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? | Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? | A Comparative Perspective
11. Epilogue
Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell | – Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet |What Kind of Kingdom? | The Future
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes