Partitions : a transnational history of 20th century territorial separatism / edited by Arie M. Dubnov, Laura Robso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dubnov, Arie M., editor.

Robso, Laura, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession--Case studies.

Secession.

Separatist movements--Case studies.

Separatist movements.

Palestine--History--Partition, 1947.

Palestine.

Ireland--History--Partition, 1921.

Ireland.

India--History--Partition, 1947.

India.

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Partition--the physical division of territory along ethno-religious lines into separate nation-states--is often presented as a successful political "solution" to ethnic conflict. In the twentieth century, at least three new political entities--the Irish Free State, the Dominions (later Republics) of India and Pakistan, and the State of Israel--emerged as results of partition. This volume offers the first collective history of the concept of partition, tracing its emergence in the aftermath of the First World War and locating its genealogy in the politics of twentieth-century empire and decolonization. Making use of the transnational framework of the British Empire, which presided over the three major partitions of the twentieth century, contributors draw out concrete connections among the cases of Ireland, Pakistan, and Israel--the mutual influences, shared personnel, economic justifications, and material interests that propelled the idea of partition forward and resulted in the violent creation of new post-colonial political spaces. In so doing, the volume seeks to move beyond the nationalist frameworks that served in the first instance to promote partition as a natural phenomenon.

Contents:

Introduction : drawing the line, writing beyond it : toward a transnational history of partitions / Arie M. Dubnov and Laura Robson

From minority to nation / Faisal Devji

The architect of two partitions or a federalist daydreamer? : the curious case of Reginald Coupland / Arie M. Dubnov

"The meat and the bones" : reassessing the origins of the partition of Mandate Palestine / Motti Golani

"Indian ulsterisation", Ireland, India, and partition : the infection of example? / Kate O'Malley

"Close parallels"? : interrelated discussions of partition in South Asia and the Palestine Mandate (1936-1948) / Lucy Chester

Analogical thinking and partition in British Mandate Palestine / Penny Sinanoglou

Rejecting partition : the imported lessons of Palestine's binational Zionists / Adi Gordon

Arab liberal intellectuals and the partition of Palestine / Joel Beinin

Poets of partition : the recovery of lost causes / Priya Satia

Epilogue : partitions, hostages, transfer : retributive violence and national security / A. Dirk Moses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical notes and index

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ISBN:

9781503607682

1503607682

OCLC:

1198929818