Policing transnational protest : liberal imperialism and the surveillance of anticolonialists in Europe, 1905-1945 / Daniel Brückenhaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brückenhaus, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-imperialist movements--Europe, Western--History--20th century.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Protest movements--Europe, Western--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Transnationalism--Political aspects--Europe, Western--History--20th century.

Transnationalism.

Intelligence service.

History.

Political activists.

Colonies.

Administration.

Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

France--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.

France.

Political activists--Colonies--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Political activists--Colonies--France--History--20th century.

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Intelligence service--France--History--20th century.

Intelligence service--Germany--History--20th century.

Germany.

Western Europe.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Focusing on Britain, France, and Germany, this book shows how the government surveillance of activists from the British and French colonies contributed to the transnationalization of anti-colonialist networks and ideologies during the first half of the twentieth century. Between 1905 and 1945, anti-colonialists who were active in western Europe and the pro-colonial authorities forced each other to expand the reach of their networks across inner-European borders. This process led both the supporters and the opponents of colonial rule to conceptualize their conflict in more global and trans-imperial terms, and it brought to light widespread disagreements between those Europeans who wished to prioritize imperial security over civil liberties and national sovereignty, and those who held the opposite view. In that context, the book traces growing levels of transnational government cooperation against anti-colonialists, and it pays special attention to the role of Germany, a country where many anti-colonialists were able to carry out their political work in relative safety after escaping increasing levels of government surveillance in Britain and France"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The surveillance of Indian anticolonialists in Britain, France, and Germany, 1905-1914

Surveillance under wartime conditions and the German-Anticolonialist Alliance, 1914-1918

The expansion of the French colonial surveillance network in Western Europe, 1918-1925

New alliances against anticolonialism? : the scope of British police cooperation with French and German authorities, 1918-1925

The League Against Imperialism years, 1926-1933

Nazi rule and transnational anticolonialism in Western Europe, 1933-1945

Epilogue and conclusion

Appendix: Some thoughts on sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Brückenhaus, Daniel, author. Policing transnational protest.

ISBN:

9780190660017

0190660015

OCLC:

959965307