Extreme violence and the 'British way' colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan; Michelle Gordon; 2022
Extreme violence and the 'British way' colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan; Michelle Gordon; 2022

Extreme violence and the 'British way' colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan

av Michelle Gordon

  • Utgiven: 2022
  • ISBN: 9781350202603
  • Sidor: 268 st
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska

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Analysing three cases of British colonial violence that occurred in the latter half of the 19th century, this book argues that all three share commonalities, including the role of racial prejudices in justifying the perpetration of extreme colonial violence. Exploring the connections and comparisons between the Perak War (1875–76), the ‘Hut Tax’ Revolt in Sierra Leone (1898–99) and the Anglo-Egyptian War of Reconquest in the Sudan (1896–99), Gordon highlights the significance of decision-making processes, communication between London and the periphery and the influence of individual colonial administrators in outbreaks of violence. This study reveals the ways in which racial prejudices, the advocacy of a British ‘civilising mission’ and British racial ‘superiority’ informed colonial administrators’ decisions on the ground, as well as the rationalisation of extreme violence. Responding to a neglect of British colonial atrocities within the historiography of colonial violence, this work demonstrates the ways in which Britain was just as willing and able as other European Empires to resort to extreme measures in the face of indigenous resistance or threats to the British imperial project.

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2022 släpptes boken Extreme violence and the 'British way' colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan skriven av Michelle Gordon. Den är skriven på engelska och består av 268 sidor. Förlaget bakom boken är Bloomsbury Academic.

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Gordon, M. (2022). Extreme violence and the ”British way” colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan. Bloomsbury Academic.

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Gordon, Michelle, Extreme violence and the ”British way” colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).

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Gordon, M. (2022). Extreme violence and the ”British way” colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan. Bloomsbury Academic.

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Gordon M. Extreme violence and the ”British way” colonial warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan. Bloomsbury Academic; 2022.