Title The last colony : a tale of exile, justice, and courage / Philippe Sands.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
	©2022

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New Britain, Main Library - New Materials	969.7 SAN	Check Shelf
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West Hartford Public Library		On Order

Edition	First American edition.
Description	x, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Prologue: 'La Cour!' -- Part one. 1945 : Newfoundland -- Deportation -- Peros Banhos -- Liseby, 1953 -- Part two. 1966 : Resolution 1514 -- South West Africa -- Separation -- Liseby, 1973 -- Part three. 1984 : Camp Justice -- The Sea -- Nicaragua -- Madame Elyse, 1984 -- September 11th -- Part four. 2003 : Madame Elyse, 2006 -- Men Fridays -- Istanbul -- New York -- Resolution 71/292 -- Part five. 2019 : The election -- The pleadings -- Madame Elyse, 2018 -- La Cour! -- The Ruling -- Return to New York -- Epilogue: Bleu de Nimes -- February 2022 -- Postscript: 2023 : Spring 2023.
Subject	Population transfers -- Chagossians.
	Deportation -- British Indian Ocean Territory.
	Chagossians -- History.
	Chagossians -- Biography.
	Deportees -- British Indian Ocean Territory.
	Deportees -- Mauritius.
	Deportees -- Seychelles.
	British Indian Ocean Territory -- History -- 20th century.
	British Indian Ocean Territory -- Colonization.
	Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
	British colonies. (OCoLC)fst01910374
	Chagossians. (OCoLC)fst01745892
	Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
	Deportation. (OCoLC)fst00890840
	Deportees. (OCoLC)fst01750055
	Population transfers -- Chagossians. (OCoLC)fst01752059
	Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
	British Indian Ocean Territory. (OCoLC)fst01206732
	Mauritius. (OCoLC)fst01205325
	Seychelles. (OCoLC)fst01205626
	HISTORY / Asia / General.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Other Form:	Online version: Sands, Philippe. Last colony :<b First American edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023 9780593535103 (DLC) 2023002838
ISBN	9780593535097 hardcover
	059353509X hardcover
	9780593535103 electronic book

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