Legacies of British Rule, 9780691274508
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Colonial rule ignites nationalist wars, but only in specific conditions.
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Legacies of British Rule

colonialism, statehood, and nationalist civil war

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    296 pages

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    6 January 2026

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Summary

The Crown’s Shadow: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Civil War

The relationship between colonial pluralism and nationalist civil war in former British colonies.

Why 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 coloni…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691274508
ISBN-10:0691274509
Series:Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology
Author:Matthew Lange
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:296
Release Date:6 January 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
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About The Author

Matthew Lange

Matthew Lange is professor of sociology at McGill University. He is the author of Killing Others: A Natural History of Ethnic Violence; Comparative-Historical Methods; Educations in Ethnic Violence: Identity, Educational Bubbles, and Resource Mobilization; and Lineages of Despotism and Development: British Colonialism and State Power.

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