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Policing transnational protest : liberal imperialism and the surveillance of anticolonialists in Europe, 1905-1945 / Daniel Brückenhaus.

Author/creator Brückenhaus, Daniel
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxi, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online History
Subject(s)
Anti-imperialist movements--Europe, Western --History --20th century.
Protest movements--Europe, Western --History --20th century.
Transnationalism--Political aspects --Europe, Western --History --20th century.
Political activists--Great Britain --Colonies --History --20th century.
Political activists--France --Colonies --History --20th century.
Intelligence service--Great Britain --History --20th century.
Intelligence service--France --History --20th century.
Intelligence service--Germany --History --20th century.
Great Britain--Colonies --Administration --History --20th century.
France--Colonies --Administration --History --20th century.
Contents The surveillance of Indian anti-colonialists in Britain, France, and Germany, 1905-1914 -- Surveillance under wartime conditions and the German-Anti-Colonialist Alliance, 1914-1918 -- The expansion of the French colonial surveillance network in Western Europe, 1918-1925 -- New alliances against anti-colonialism? : the scope of British police cooperation with French and German authorities, 1918-1925 -- The League Against Imperialism years, 1926-1933 -- Nazi rule and transnational anti-colonialism in Western Europe, 1933-1945 -- Epilogue and conclusion -- Appendix: Some thoughts on sources.
Scope and content "Focusing on Britain, France, and Germany, this book shows how the government surveillance of activists from the British and French colonies contributed to the transnationalization of anti-colonialist networks and ideologies during the first half of the twentieth century. Between 1905 and 1945, anti-colonialists who were active in western Europe and the pro-colonial authorities forced each other to expand the reach of their networks across inner-European borders. This process led both the supporters and the opponents of colonial rule to conceptualize their conflict in more global and trans-imperial terms, and it brought to light widespread disagreements between those Europeans who wished to prioritize imperial security over civil liberties and national sovereignty, and those who held the opposite view. In that context, the book traces growing levels of transnational government cooperation against anti-colonialists, and it pays special attention to the role of Germany, a country where many anti-colonialists were able to carry out their political work in relative safety after escaping increasing levels of government surveillance in Britain and France"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016042217
ISBN9780190660017 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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