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OverviewDiffering interpretations of the history of the United Nations on the one hand conceive of it as an instrument to promote colonial interests while on the other emphasize its influence in facilitating self-determination for dependent territories. The authors in this book explore this dynamic in order to expand our understanding of both the achievements and the limits of international support for the independence of colonized peoples. This book will prove foundational for scholars and students of modern history, international history, and postcolonial history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicole Eggers (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA) , Jessica Lynne Pearson (Macalester College, USA) , Aurora Almada e Santos (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367520625ISBN 10: 0367520621 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 29 April 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: The Politics of Oversight; 1. National Prerogatives versus International Supervision: Britain’s Evolving Policy toward the Campaign for Equivalency of United Nations’ Handling of Dependent Territories, 1945-1963; 2. A Challenge to the System: The South West African Question and the United Nations Trusteeship Council; 3. The United Nations, the Italian Decolonization and the 1949 Bevin-Sforza Plan: A Victory for Neo-colonialism?; Part II: Decolonizing Global Governance?; 4. The United Nations between ‘Old Boys Club’ and a Changing World Order: The South African-Indian Dispute at the United Nations, 1945-1955; 5. ‘A Crisis of Confidence’: The Postcolonial Moment and the Diplomacy of Decolonization at the United Nations, ca. 1961; 6. Haiti, the United Nations, and Decolonization in the Congo; Part III: Unraveling Empire; 7. The Trust Territory of Somaliland, 1950-1960: Trusteeship or Colony?; 8. The United Nations and Information Gathering on Portuguese Colonies, 1961-1962; 9. The United Nations and West Papuan Self-Determination: Lingering Conceptions of ‘Civilization’ in the Decolonization ProcessReviewsAuthor InformationNicole Eggers is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee– Knoxville. Her field of research is the modern history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jessica Lynne Pearson is Assistant Professor of History at Macalester College. She is the author of The Colonial Politics of Global Health: France and the United Nations in Postwar Africa (2018). Aurora Almada e Santos is Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History of NOVA University of Lisbon. She is the author of A Organização das Nações Unidas e a Questão Colonial Portuguesa, 1960–1974 (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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