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

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries Postcolonialism -- French-speaking countries Partition, Territorial. Decolonization -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Decolonization -- Colonies -- France -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. Colonial influence Partition, Territorial Postcolonialism SUBJECT Developing countries -- Colonial influence Subject Developing countries English-speaking countries France French-speaking countries Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803267718 0803267711 9780803267725 080326772X

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