Buettner, Elizabeth <br/><br/>
Europe after empire :  decolonization, society, and culture / 
Elizabeth Buettner, University of Amsterdam. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2016. 
 - xii, 551 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521113861   hardback : alkaline paper 9780521131889  paperback : alkaline paper 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decolonization--History--Europe<br/>Postcolonialism--History--Europe<br/>Imperialism--History<br/>Multiculturalism--Europe<br/>Immigrants--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Colonies--History<br/>Europe--Ethnic relations<br/>Europe--Emigration and immigration
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>325.34