On the Edges of Whiteness : : Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War / / Jochen Lingelbach.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Lingelbach, Jochen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. How the Poles Came to Africa -- Chapter 2. The Postwar Refugee Regime and the Imperial Order of Things -- Chapter 3. Comparing Colonialisms in Africa and Poland -- Chapter 4. ‘An Incredible Pool of Femininity’: Gendering the Refugees -- Chapter 5. Polish Refugees as Part of Colonial Society -- Conclusion. On the Edges of Whiteness -- Bibliography -- Index