- Summary
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Lingelbach, Jochen, 1980- author.
- Published
- New York : Berghahn, 2020
©2020
- Locale
- Africa, East
Africa, Southern
Poland
Southern Africa
Grossbritannien
Subsaharisches Afrika
- Contents
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Introduction
How the Poles Came to Africa
The Postwar Refugee Regime and the Imperial Order of Things
Comparing Colonialisms in Africa and Poland
'An Incredible Pool of Femininity': Gendering the Refugees
Polish Refugees as Part of Colonial Society
Conclusion. On the Edges of Whiteness
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- How the Poles Came to Africa -- The Postwar Refugee Regime and the Imperial Order of Things -- Comparing Colonialisms in Africa and Poland -- 'An Incredible Pool of Femininity': Gendering the Refugees -- Polish Refugees as Part of Colonial Society -- Conclusion. On the Edges of Whiteness
