Visions of empire in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands

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Visions of empire in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer L. Foray

Creator

• Foray, Jennifer L., 1976-

Subject

• Decolonization -- Netherlands -- History
• Dutch -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
• Decolonization -- Indonesia -- History
• Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
• Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

This book explores how the experiences of World War II shaped and transformed Dutch perceptions of their centuries-old empire. Focusing on the work of leading anti-Nazi resisters, Jennifer L. Foray examines how the war forced a rethinking of colonial practices and relationships. As Dutch resisters planned for a postwar world bearing little resemblance to that of 1940, they envisioned a wide range of possibilities for their empire and its territories, anticipating a newly harmonious relationship between the Netherlands and its most prized colony in the East Indies. Though most of the underground writers and thinkers discussed in this book ultimately supported the idea of a Dutch commonwealth, this structure wouldn't come to pass in the postwar period. The Netherlands instead embarked on a violent decolonization process brought about by wartime conditions in the Netherlands and the East Indies.--

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks