Partitions by Arie M. Dubnov, Laura Robson - 9781503606982

PartitionsA Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism\nAuthor(s): Arie M. Dubnov, Laura Robson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503606982, 978-1503606982\nSynopsis\nPartitionthe physical division of territory along ethno-religious lines into separate nation-statesis often presented as a successful political \""solution\"" to ethnic conflict. In the twentieth century, at least three new political entitiesthe Irish Free State, the Dominions (later Republics) of India and Pakistan, and the State of Israelemerged as results of partition. This volume offers the first collective history of the concept of partition, tracing its emergence in the aftermath of the First World War and locating its genealogy in the politics of twentieth-century empire and decolonization. \n\n Making use of the transnational framework of the British Empire, which presided over the three major partitions o.