Showing papers in "The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History in 2019"
TL;DR: Assessments of early postwar understandings of the power and potential of the Commonwealth have suggested the body either failed to shield the British public from a sense of national decline or tha...
Abstract: Assessments of early postwar understandings of the power and potential of the Commonwealth have suggested the body either failed to shield the British public from a sense of national decline or tha...
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TL;DR: The authors examines the global dynamics of late colonialism and how these informed South African apartheid and locates the programmes of mass relocation and bantustan self-government that characterised apartheid after 1959 in relation to three key dimensions.
Abstract: This article examines the global dynamics of late colonialism and how these informed
South African apartheid. More specifically, it locates the programmes of mass
relocation and bantustan ‘self-government’ that characterised apartheid after 1959 in
relation to three key dimensions. Firstly, the article explores the global circulation of
idioms of ‘development’ and trusteeship in the first half of the twentieth century and its
significance in shaping segregationist policy; secondly, it situates bantustan ‘selfgovernment’
in relation to the history of decolonisation and the partitions and
federations that emerged as late colonial solutions; and, thirdly, it locates the
tightening of rural village planning in the bantustans after 1960 in relation to the
elaboration of anti-colonial liberation struggles, repressive southern African settler
politics and the Cold War. It argues that, far from developing policies that were at odds
with the global ‘wind of change’, South African apartheid during the 1960s and 1970s
reflected much that was characteristic about late colonial strategy.
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TL;DR: The authors examined the socialisation of young consular officials and how they were prepared for their role as intermediaries between Britain and China, using private papers from the British Consular Service.
Abstract: This article examines the imperial socialisation of young consular officials and how they were prepared for their role as intermediaries between Britain and China. Drawing on private papers...
30 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contribute to the global history of the First World War and the history of "imperial humanitarianism" by taking stock of the Indian Young Men's Christian Association's Army Work schemes in South Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Abstract: The present article aims to contribute to the global history of the First World War and the history of ‘imperial humanitarianism’ by taking stock of the Indian Young Men's Christian Association's Army Work schemes in South Asia, Europe and the Middle East The outbreak of the war was hailed by some American secretaries of the YMCA working in India as presenting overwhelming opportunities for their proselytising agenda Indeed, the global conflict massively enlarged the organisation's range of activities among European soldiers stationed in South Asia and for the first time extended it to the ‘Sepoys’, ie Indian and Nepalese soldiers serving in the imperial army Financially supported by the Indian public as well as by the governments of Britain and British India, the US-dominated Indian YMCA embarked on large-scale ‘army work’ programmes in the Indian subcontinent as well as in several theatres of war almost from the outset, a fact that clearly boosted its general popularity This articl
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TL;DR: The rise and fall of Hicky's Bengal Gazette (1780-82), India's first printed newspaper, is a narrative of prime importance to the history of Indian newspapers as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The rise and fall of Hicky's Bengal Gazette (1780–82), India's first printed newspaper, is a narrative of prime importance to the history of Indian newspapers, and such is the context within which ...
22 citations
TL;DR: The International Conference on Colonial Incarceration in the Twentieth Century: a comparative approach as mentioned in this paper provided a platform to engage with ongoing debate on politi cation in Portugal.
Abstract: The international conference held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2016 on Colonial Incarceration in the Twentieth Century: a comparative approach’, provided a platform to engage with ongoing debate on polit...
21 citations
TL;DR: Following the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, several hundred Eritrean deserters from the Italian army and several thousand Ethiopian officials, soldiers, and civilians fled to Kenya.
Abstract: Following the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, several hundred Eritrean deserters from the Italian army and several thousand Ethiopian officials, soldiers, and civilians fled to Kenya. British...
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TL;DR: The authors locates John Darwin's work on decolonisation within an Oxbridge tradition which portrays a British world system, of which formal empire was but one part, emerging to increasing global...
Abstract: This article locates John Darwin’s work on decolonisation within an Oxbridge tradition which portrays a British world system, of which formal empire was but one part, emerging to increasing global ...
16 citations
TL;DR: In and beyond anti-colonial struggles, the repressive institutions of prison are variously defined, contested, and recast by law, including through prisoner resistance as mentioned in this paper, and the likelihood of resistance...
Abstract: In and beyond anti-colonial struggles, the repressive institutions of prison are variously defined, contested, and recast by law, including through prisoner resistance. The likelihood of resistance...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the mechanisms, rhetoric, and limits of mid-Victorian expansion in Japan are discussed. But how far late Tokugawa Japan was subject to forms of British imperialism is not discussed.
Abstract: This article contributes to the literature on the mechanisms, rhetoric, and limits of mid-Victorian expansion by asking how far late Tokugawa Japan was subject to forms of British imperiali...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the German Karl Friedrich Augus is examined in the study of imperial biographies, and the authors challenge the notion of "methodological territorialism" and'methodological nationalism' prevalent in recent studies of biographies.
Abstract: This essay challenges the ‘methodological territorialism’ and ‘methodological nationalism’ prevalent in recent studies of imperial biographies, examining the role of the German Karl Friedrich Augus...
TL;DR: The authors reconstructs the history of animal protection organizations in Palestine from the British occupation to the beginning of World War II, and shows that both Arab and Jewish mandate state subjects were involved in animal protection activities.
Abstract: This article reconstructs the history of animal protection organisations in Palestine from the British occupation to the beginning of World War II. Although Arab and Jewish mandate state subjects c...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors respond to the statistically established finding in democratisation studies that British rule seems to have been good for the survival of democracy in its former empire, and that the...
Abstract: This article responds to the statistically established finding in democratisation studies that British rule seems to have been good for the survival of democracy in its former empire, and that the ...
TL;DR: For historians interested in the settler colonial world, one of Professor John Darwin's most important interventions has been to argue for the reintegration of the dominions into the wider world as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For historians interested in the settler colonial world, one of Professor John Darwin’s most important interventions has been to argue for the reintegration of the dominions into the wider ...
TL;DR: The use of the British Colony of Cyprus as a clearing ground for Jewish refugees on route to Palestine before, during, and after the Second World War is discussed in this paper, where the authors focus on the use of this colony for the evacuation of Jewish refugees.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the use of the British Colony of Cyprus as a clearing ground for Jewish refugees on route to Palestine before, during, and after the Second World War. While acknowledg...
TL;DR: In the last two decades studies on Italian colonialism have shown remarkable vitality and many positive results as mentioned in this paper. But in spite of this undoubted progress there still remain some limitations, some of which still remain undoubted limitations.
Abstract: In the last two decades studies on Italian colonialism have shown remarkable vitality and many positive results. But in spite of this undoubted progress there still remain some limitations ...
TL;DR: Through the views of Francisco Franco's major adviser on African Affairs, this paper revealed a hitherto neglected aspect of the long-standing interaction between competing "imperial projects" in Africa.
Abstract: Through the views of Francisco Franco’s major adviser on African Affairs, this paper reveals a hitherto neglected aspect of the long-standing interaction between competing ‘imperial projects’ in th...
TL;DR: In the new era of border control beginning after the First World War, the British-administered Palestine Mandate perceived non-Zionist migration as largely undesirable as discussed by the authors, and the British government was discursively an...
Abstract: In the new era of border control beginning after the First World War, the British-administered Palestine Mandate perceived non-Zionist migration as largely undesirable. Both discursively an...
TL;DR: The rule of conquest came to receive different applications for different parts of the British Empire as discussed by the authors, and who was responsible for it happening, are the interests of this paper, and how this happened.
Abstract: The rule of conquest came to receive different applications for different parts of the British Empire. How this happened, and who was responsible for it happening, are the interests of this...
TL;DR: A Singapore-born Chinese trader named Khun Yiong was imprisoned by the provincial auth... as mentioned in this paper in Singapore in 1897, and the story was published in the major English press in Singapore.
Abstract: On 4 December 1897, a major English press in Singapore ran a story headlined ‘Extraordinary Incident at Amoy.’ A Singapore-born Chinese trader named Khun Yiong was imprisoned by the provincial auth...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the repercussions of independence movements and global decolonisation processes and argue that an analysis of such processes needs to take into account not only the bilat...
Abstract: This article explores repercussions of independence movements and global decolonisation processes. It argues that an analysis of such processes needs to take into account not only the bilat...
TL;DR: On 15 March 1885, an Anglo-Russian war-scare was unleashed as a result of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops, who ran into each other in a region called Penjdeh in Central Asia as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: On 15 March 1885, an Anglo-Russian war-scare was unleashed as a result of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops, who ran into each other in a region called Penjdeh in Central Asia. F...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that empire serves as a suitable framework for understanding how and why the liberal international order is exhibiting symptoms of "imperial overstretch" and propose that it can be used as an alternative to the United Nations.
Abstract: This article proposes that empire serves as a suitable framework for understanding how and why the liberal international order is exhibiting symptoms of ‘imperial overstretch’. Noting that ...
TL;DR: In 1962, one year after the outbreak of the colonial war in Angola, the Portuguese military forces devised and tried to establish a concentration camp in the northern district of Zaire as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In 1962, one year after the outbreak of the colonial war in Angola, the Portuguese military forces devised and tried to establish a concentration camp in the northern district of Zaire. This attemp...
TL;DR: The authors investigates the treatment of Aboriginal Australians as politically entitled subjects within New South Wales during that colony's first elections under universal male suffragism under the concept of "universal" male suffrage.
Abstract: This article investigates the treatment of Aboriginal Australians as politically entitled subjects within New South Wales during that colony's first elections under ‘universal’ male suffrag...
TL;DR: The German colonisation of Tanzania was entrenched in the militia and a coercive apparatus that sought to both suppress local communities and dominate their territories as mentioned in this paper, and a network of institutions such as the military, the police, and the military were established.
Abstract: German colonisation of Tanzania was entrenched in the militia and a coercive apparatus that sought to both suppress local communities and dominate their territories. A network of institutions such ...
TL;DR: In the 1840s, Liberia was a black settler state on the West African coast which avowedly supported the connected ideologies of Christianity, commerce, and "civilisation" as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the 1840s, Liberia was a black settler state on the West African coast which avowedly supported the connected ideologies of Christianity, commerce, and ‘civilisation’. However, from the 1870s, a...
TL;DR: The colonial judicial system was quite different from "the rule of law" as applied in the European countries as mentioned in this paper. In the history of colonial rule in Africa, collective punishment was among the...
Abstract: The colonial judicial system was quite different from ‘the rule of law’ as applied in the European countries. In the history of colonial rule in Africa, collective punishment was among the ...
TL;DR: In fact, almost half of the bicameral legislatures in the UK are located in the Commonwealth of the Caribbean as mentioned in this paper, which is the most populous region in the world.
Abstract: Almost half of the bicameral legislatures in the Commonwealth are located in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Why so many bicameral legislatures are located in a relatively small geographic region, whic...
TL;DR: The Gold Coast Branch of the British Red Cross Society was inaugurated in Accra in 1932 and its central purpose was to maintain and expand health and welfare services for women and children as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In 1932 the Gold Coast Branch of the British Red Cross Society was inaugurated in Accra. Its central, stated purpose was to maintain and expand health and welfare services for women and children. T...