TY - BOOK ID - 137542351 TI - On the edges of whiteness : Polish refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War PY - 2020 SN - 9781789204445 1789204445 PB - New York Berghahn DB - UniCat KW - Polish people KW - Polish people KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Deportations from Poland KW - Refugees KW - Refugees KW - Refugees UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137542351 AB - 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. ER -