The United Nations and decolonization
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The United Nations and decolonization
(Routledge studies in modern history, 69)
Routledge, 2022, c2020
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: 2020
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Differing 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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 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 Process
by "Nielsen BookData"