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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 September 2017
      07 September 2017
      ISBN:
      9781108284530
      9781108418072
      9781108406444
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284530
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 256 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Military History, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
      Series:
      Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare (52)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Military History, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare (52)
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    With the outbreak of war in 1914, an estimated 30,000 German civilians in African and Asian colonies were violently uprooted and imprisoned. Britain's First World War internment of German settlers seriously challenged the structures that underpinned nineteenth-century imperialism. Through its analysis of this internment, this book highlights the impact that the First World War had on the notion of a common European 'civilising mission' and the image of empire in the early twentieth century. Mahon Murphy examines the effect of the war on a collective European colonial identity, perceptions of internment in the extra-European theatres of war, and empires in transition during war. Policymakers were forced to address difficult questions about the future rule of Germany's colonies and the nature of empire in general. Far from a conflict restricted to European powers, the First World War triggered a worldwide remaking of ideas, institutions and geopolitics.

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    'Deeply sourced in British, US, Swiss, German, and Japanese archives, as well as the best modern publications, this study fills a neglected corner of war captivity research. Highly recommended.'

    G. H. Davis Source: Choice

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