On the Edges of Whiteness

Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-444-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lingelbach, Jochen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lingelbach, Jochen
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.