Ruling the Savage Periphery: Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State

Benjamin Hopkins develops a new theory of colonial administration: frontier governmentality. This system placed indigenous peoples at the borders of imperial territory, where they could be both exploited and kept away. Today's "failed states" are a result. Condemned to the periphery o...

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Beteilige Person: Hopkins, Benjamin D. 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2020]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674246164
Zusammenfassung:Benjamin Hopkins develops a new theory of colonial administration: frontier governmentality. This system placed indigenous peoples at the borders of imperial territory, where they could be both exploited and kept away. Today's "failed states" are a result. Condemned to the periphery of the global order, they function as colonial design intended
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
Umfang:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780674246164
DOI:10.4159/9780674246164