Decolonising the Caribbean

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British West Indies and the Remnants of Empire, The Colonial Period, The Failure of the West Indian Federation, Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories, 2. The Comparative Context: The French departements d'outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price, The Colonial Period, Decolonisation through Integration, Assimilation a la française, 3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico's Status Debate,4 The U.S. Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory, 4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism, Failed Exploitation, Colonial Administration, Cultural Divides, 5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954, World War II, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and the Atlantic Charter, In the Shadow of Indonesia, The Round-Table Conferences, The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954, 6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975, Exploring the Charter's Margins, Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt,97 Negotiating the Independence of Suriname,103 The Antillean Refusal, 7. The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975, The Aruban Status Aparte, A New Dutch Agenda for the 1990s, Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy, Into the Twenty-First Century,8. Illusions and Benefits of 'Reciprocal Assistance': Development Aid,Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975, Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite?,164 AComparative Perspective, 9.A Caribbean Exodus ,Prelude, 1954-1973,The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980, The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s, A Comparative Perspective, 10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance, Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? A Comparative Perspective, 11. Epilogue,216 Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell, Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet, What Kind of Kingdom? The Future, Notes, Bibliography, Indexes.