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Memories of post-imperial nations : the aftermath of decolonization, 1945-2013 / edited by Dietmar Rothermund. - vi, 212 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Memory of Empire in Britain : A Preliminary View -- Ruptures and Dissonance Post-colonial Migrations and the Remembrance of Colonialism in the Netherlands -- A Distinctive Ugliness : Colonial Memory in Belgium -- The Post-colonial Encounter in France -- Ideologies of Exceptionality and the Legacies of Empire in Portugal -- Post-colonial Italy : The Case of a Small and Belated Empire : From Strong Emotions to Bigger Problems -- (Post)Imperial Japan in Transnational Perspective -- Memories of Post-imperial Nations -- A View from the Gallery : Perspective of a "Colonized" on Post-imperial Memories -- List of Contributors.

"Brings together the varying perspectives with historians attempting to bind memory and its experience of different post-imperial nations -- Britain, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Japan"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781107102293 (hardback)

LCCN: 2014049163

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imperialism--Historiography.
Memory--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Memory--Social aspects--History.--Japan
Decolonization--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Decolonization--Social aspects--History.--Japan
Postcolonialism--Social aspects--History.--Europe
Postcolonialism--Social aspects--History.--Japan

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--Colonies--Historiography.
Japan--Colonies--Historiography.

LC Class. No.: JV151 / .M45 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 325/.30722