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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 January 2022
      24 February 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009072229
      9781316512838
      9781009069311
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009072229
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.8kg, 434 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 434 Pages
      • Series:
      Global and International History
      Subjects:
      Diplomatic and International History, History, Regional History after 1500, Global History
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    Series:
    Global and International History
    Subjects:
    Diplomatic and International History, History, Regional History after 1500, Global History
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    In 1893, a group of colonial officials from thirteen countries abandoned their imperial rivalry and established the International Colonial Institute (ICI), which became the world's most important colonial think tank of the twentieth century. Through the lens of the ICI, Florian Wagner argues that this international cooperation reshaped colonialism as a transimperial and governmental policy. The book demonstrates that the ICI's strategy of using indigenous institutions and customary laws to encourage colonial development served to maintain colonial rule even beyond the official end of empires. By selectively choosing loyalists among the colonized to participate in the ICI, it increased their autonomy while equally delegitimizing more radical claims for independence. The book presents a detailed study of the ICI's creation, the transcolonial activities of its prominent members, its interactions with the League of Nations and fascist governments, and its role in laying the groundwork for the structural and discursive dependence of the Global South after 1945.

    Reviews

    ‘… the book makes a significant contribution, with the breadth of the research presented; in showcasing ICI’s influence over a lengthy timespan; and in its ability to analyse the role of NGOs and their members. Historians of empire are well advised to consult this book, particularly those pursuing transnational, transimperial or institutional histories of Africa and Asia.’

    Hamish McDougall Source: International Affairs

    ‘… highly successful in its granular approach to the evolution of ICI members’ preferred methods and logics …’

    Margot Tudor Source: European Review of History

    ‘an excellently researched study on a previously little-known form of international colonialism, which provides new evidence of the abundance of interconnections and knowledge transfer between the European colonial powers in the 20th century.’

    Ulrike von Hirschhausen Source: H-Soz-Kult

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