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

"An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"-- In 1973, on the Chagos Islands off the coast of Africa, Liseby Elyse- twenty years old, newly married and four months pregnant- was rounded up, along with the entire population of Chagos, and ordered to pack h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sands, Philippe, 1960- (Author)
Corporate Author: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
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.
Transferts de population > Chagossiens.
Chagossiens > Histoire.
Chagossiens > Biographies.
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) > Colonisation.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Afrique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
British colonies.
Chagossians.
Colonization.
Deportation.
Deportees.
Africa.
British Indian Ocean Territory.
Mauritius.
Seychelles.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:x, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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