Iconography of Independence - ''Freedoms At Midnight''

Informationen zum Autor Robert Holland is Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies! School of Advanced Study! University of London.Susan Williams is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies! School of Advanced Study! University of London.Terry Barringer is the Assistant Editor of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Zusammenfassung The book offers a highly original interpretation of how the climax of transfers of power in the British Empire were lubricated by the imagery, codification and subsequent ‘memory’ of Independence celebrations. This book was published as a special issue of The Round Table. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preface Susan Williams , Robert Holland and Terry A. Barringer 2. Introduction: Independence Day Ceremonials in Historical Perspective David Cannadine 3. Independence Day and the Crown Philip Murphy 4. ‘‘At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour’’: Lord Mountbatten and the British Media at Indian Independence Chandrika Kaul 5. The Ending of an Empire: From Imagined Communities to Nation States in India and Pakistan Yasmin Khan 6. Casting ‘‘the Kingdome into another mold’’: Ghana’s Troubled Transition to Independence Richard Rathbone 7. Whose Freedom at Midnight? Machinations towards Guyana’s Independence, May 1966 Clem Seecharan 8. Freedom at Midnight: A Microcosm of Zimbabwe’s Hopes and Dreams at Independence, April 1980 Sue Onslow 9. ‘Transfer of Destinies’, or Business as Usual? Republican Invented Tradition and the Problem of ‘Independence’ at the End of the French Empire Martin Shipway 10. Merdeka! Looking Back at Independence Day in Malaya, 31 August 1957 A.J. Stockwell

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• Authors: Robert (Institute of Commonwealth Studies Holland, Robert Williams Holland
• Assisted by: Terry Barringer (Editor), Barringer Terry (Editor), Robert Holland (Editor), Holland Robert (Editor), Susan Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2009
• EAN: 9780415551458
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55145-8
• No. of pages: 20
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; European History, Asia, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, Regional Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, African History, Regional Geography, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Asia / South / General