Extreme Violence and the 'British Way': Colonial Warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan

Analysing three cases of British colonial violence that occurred in the latter half of the 19th century,...
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Author: Michelle Gordon
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Extreme Violence and the 'British Way': Colonial Warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan by Gordon, Michelle

Extreme Violence and the 'British Way': Colonial Warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan

$150.80

Extreme Violence and the 'British Way': Colonial Warfare in Perak, Sierra Leone and Sudan

$150.80
Author: Michelle Gordon
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Michelle Gordon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/21/2022
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781350202603

About the Author
Manktelow, Emily J.: - Emily Manktelow is Senior Lecturer of Imperial and Global History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She is the author of Missionary Families: Race, Gender and Generation on the Spiritual Frontier and co-editor of Subverting Empire: Deviance and Disorder i the British Colonial World (2015).Haskins, Victoria: - Victoria K Haskins is Professor of History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Director of the Purai Global Indigenous History Centre, she works on histories of gender and colonialism, domestic service, and women's cross-cultural relationships. She is the author of One Bright Spot (2005), Matrons and Maids: Regulating Indian Domestic Service in Tucson, 1914-1934 (2012), Living with the Locals: Early Europeans' Experience of Indigenous Life (with John Maynard, 2016), and Colonialism and Male Domestic Service across the Asia Pacific (with Julia Martinez, Claire Lowrie and Frances Steel, 2019).

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