Description
| Product ID: | 9781503607675 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Partitions |
| Subtitle: | A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism |
| Authors: | Author: Arie M. Dubnov, Laura Robson |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation and independence, Geopolitics, Colonialism & imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Geopolitics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Stanford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Stanford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-01-29 |
