Communal violence in the British Empire : disturbing the Pax / Mark Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Mark, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Social conditions.

Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--19th century.

Administration.

Imperialism--Social aspects--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Imperialism--Social aspects.

Violence--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Violence.

Riots--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Riots.

Communalism--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Communalism.

Social conflict--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Social conflict.

Ethnic conflict--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Ethnic conflict.

Religious communities--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Religious communities.

Physical Description:

xi, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

"The first comprehensive study of religious, ethnic and communal violence in the British Empire"-- Provided by publisher.

"Communal Violence in the British Empire focuses on how Britons interpreted, policed, and sometimes fostered violence between different ethnic and religious communities in the empire. It also asks what these outbreaks meant for the power and prestige of Britain among subject populations. Alternating between chapters of engaging narrative and chapters of careful, cross-colonial analysis, Mark Doyle uses outbreaks of communal violence in Ireland, the West Indies, and South Asia to uncover the inner workings of British imperialism: it's guiding assumptions, its mechanisms of control, its impact, and its limitations. He explains how Britons used communal violence to justify the imperial project even as that project was creating the conditions for more violence. Above all, this book demonstrates how communal violence exposed the limits of British power and, in time, helped lay the groundwork for the empire's collapse. This book shows how violence, and the British state's handling thereof, was a fundamental part of the imperial experience for colonizer and colonized alike. It offers a new perspective on the workings of empire that will be of interest to any student of imperial or world history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Angel Gabriel in the Tropics : British Guiana, 1856

Causes : How British imperialism conjured the very violence it sought to suppress

Trouble on the Queen's Highways : Belfast, 1872

Interpretations : How communal riots confirmed and strengthened Britain's civilizing mission

The Ruling Race Stumbles : Bombay, 1874

Policing : How cultural assumptions guided the policing of communal riots

The Cow Row : India, 1893-1894

Consequences : How communal riots weakened the British Empire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Doyle, Mark, 1977- author. Communal violence in the British Empire.

ISBN:

9781474268257

1474268250

9781474268240

1474268242

OCLC:

926061921