Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands - 2 Table of contents - 6 1 Introduction Post-colonial immigrants and identity formations in the Netherlands - 8 2 Dutch politicians, the Dutch nation and the dynamics of post-colonial citizenship - 28 3 Representations of post-colonial migrants in discussions on intermarriage in the Netherlands,1945-2005 - 50 4 Group-related or host state-related?Understanding the historical development of Surinamese organisations in Amsterdam,1965-2000 - 78 5 Post-colonial migrant festivals in the Netherlands - 100 6 Closing the ‘KNIL chapter’: A key moment in identity formation of Moluccans in the Netherlands - 118 7 Tjalie Robinson (1911-1974): A mediator between East and West - 136 8 History brought home: Post-colonial migrations and the Dutch rediscovery of slavery - 156 9 Cultural memory and Indo-Dutch identity formations - 176 10 Why is there no post-colonial debate in the Netherlands? - 194 Collective references - 214 List of contributors - 234 Index - 236