Britain and the European community, 1955-1963 / by Miriam Camps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camps, Miriam, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Economic Community--Great Britain.

European Economic Community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (558 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The author surveys the negotiations between Britain and the European Economic Community, analyzing official and public attitudes toward the British accession, and the influence of public opinion throughout the negotiations. She carefully examines the British search for entry, the development of the Community, and the member nations' discussions on political union.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. THE BACKGROUND: 1946-1954

II. THE 'RELAUNCHING' OF EUROPE

III. DRAFTING THE TREATY OF ROME

IV. THE PROPOSAL FOR A FREE TRADE AREA

V. THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS

VI. THE AFTERMATH OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS

VII. THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION

VIII. 'BRIDGE-BUILDING' AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OEEC

IX. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: REAPPRAISAL

X. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: CHANGING COURSE

XI. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON BRITISH ACCESSION (September 1961-August 1962)

XII. DISCUSSIONS ON POLITICAL UNION

XIII. THE COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' MEETING AND THE PARTY CONFERENCES

XIV. THE LAST PHASE OF THE ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS (October 1962-January 1963)

XV. A FEW CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A. THE MESSINA REVOLUTION

APPENDIX B. THE BONN DECLARATION

APPENDIX C. EUROPEAN POLITICAL UNION

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691651446

0691651442

9781400876815

1400876818

OCLC:

967521706