Legacies of British Rule by Matthew Lange - 9780691274492

Legacies of British RuleColonialism, Statehood, and Nationalist Civil War\nAuthor(s): Matthew Lange\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691274492, 978-0691274492\nSynopsis\nThe relationship between colonial pluralism and nationalist civil war in former British colonies\n\nWhy do some communities fight civil wars over national self-rule while others do not? In Legacies of British Rule, Matthew Lange offers insight into this question through a rigorous multimethod and comparative analysis that pinpoints the combined impact of precolonial statehood and British colonialism. During transitions from empire to nation-state, postcolonial officials in places with large and long-standing precolonial states commonly try to build a unified nation around the dominant community in ways that discriminate against and exclude smaller communities. While such national chauvinism can fuel reactions leading to national.