Scars of partition : postcolonial legacies in French and British borderlands / William F. S. Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, William F. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.

Postcolonialism.

Postcolonialism--French-speaking countries.

Partition, Territorial.

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

Decolonization.

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

Developing countries--Colonial influence.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Based on three decades of fieldwork throughout the developing world, Scars of Partition is the first book to systematically evaluate the long-term implications of French and British styles of colonialism and decolonization for ordinary people throughout the so-called Third World. It pays particular attention to the contemporary legacies of artificial boundaries superimposed by Britain and France that continue to divide indigenous peoples into separate postcolonial states. In so doing, it uniquely illustrates how the distinctive stamps of France and Britain continue to mark daily life along and behind these inherited borders in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Caribbean. Scars of Partition draws on political science, anthropology, history, and geography to examine six cases of indigenous, indentured, and enslaved peoples partitioned by colonialism in West Africa, West Indies, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, South India, and the Indian Ocean. William F. S. Miles demonstrates that sovereign nations throughout the developing world, despite basic differences in culture, geography, and politics, still bear the underlying imprint of their colonial pasts. Disentangling and appreciating these embedded colonial legacies is critical to achieving full decolonization--particularly in their borderlands"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Anglo-French Partition and Postcolonialism; 2. Classic Colonial Partition; 3. Partition by Island; 4. Political Arbitrariness of Archipelagoes; 5. Soft, Sequential, and Hybridic Colonialism; 6. Mainland Southeast Asia and the Conundrum of Communism; 7. Scars of Partition in Postcolonial Borderlands and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803267725

080326772X

9780803267718

0803267711

OCLC:

880148049