Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies

by Caroline Elkins (Editor), Susan Pedersen (Editor)

Postcolonial states and metropolitan societies still grapple today with the divisive and difficult legacies unleashed by settler colonialism.

Whether they were settled for trade or geopolitical reasons, these settler communities had in common their shaping of landholding, laws, and race relations in colonies throughout the world. By looking at the detail of settlements in the twentieth century--from European colonial projects in Africa and expansionist efforts by the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria, to the Germans in Poland and the historical trajectories of Israel/Palestine and South Africa--and analyzing the dynamics set in motion by these settlers, the contributors to this volume establish points of comparison to offer a new framework for understanding the character and fate of twentieth-century empires.

Genres: History, Politics, Nonfiction, World History

318 pages, Hardcover

First published August 22, 2005

About the author

Caroline Elkins is Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, the Thomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, Affiliated Professor at Harvard Law School, and the Founding Oppenheimer Director of Harvard's Center for African Studies.

Reviews

[Benemint · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great combination of authors. It gives an idea of how colonialism in the twentieth century differed from previous ones in many ways...