States of Emergency Colonialism, Literature and Law |
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| Author:
| Morton, Stephen |
| Series title: | Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines LUP Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78138-114-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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This book examines how violent anti-colonial struggles and the legal, military and political techniques used by colonial governments to contain them have been imagined in literature and law. Case studies examined include Ireland, India, South Africa, Algeria, Kenya, Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan.
This book examines how violent anti-colonial struggles and the legal, military and political techniques used by colonial governments to contain them have been imagined in literature and law. Case studies examined include Ireland, India, South Africa, Algeria, Kenya, Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan.