On the Edges of Whiteness

Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War

Jochen Lingelbach (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2023
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-912-3 (ISBN)

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From 1942 to 1950, nearly twenty thousand Poles found refuge from the horrors of war-torn Europe in camps within Britain’s African colonies, including Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya and Northern and Southern Rhodesia. On the Edges of Whiteness tells their improbable story, tracing the manifold, complex relationships that developed among refugees, their British administrators, and their African neighbors. While intervening in key historical debates across academic disciplines, this book also gives an accessible and memorable account of survival and dramatic cultural dislocation against the backdrop of global conflict.

Jochen Lingelbach is a postdoctoral research fellow in African History at the University of Bayreuth. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Leipzig and currently works on the project “Africa in the Global History of Refugee Camps” within the University of Bayreuth’s “Africa Multiple” Cluster of Excellence.

List of Illustrations

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. How the Poles Came to Africa

Chapter 2. The Postwar Refugee Regime and the Imperial Order of Things

Chapter 3. Comparing Colonialisms in Africa and Poland

Chapter 4. ‘An Incredible Pool of Femininity’: Gendering the Refugees

Chapter 5. Polish Refugees as Part of Colonial Society

Conclusion: On the Edges of Whiteness

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.04.2023
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80073-912-5 / 1800739125
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-912-3 / 9781800739123
Zustand	Neuware