Europe after empire : decolonization, society, and culture / Elizabeth Buettner, University of Amsterdam.

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 toward new histories of contemporary Europe.