Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century

"Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century" is a powerful and thought-provoking volume of original essays that examine how settler communities have shaped landholding policies, laws, and race relations within colonized territories throughout the world. Historians of Japan, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East offer a compelling new interpretation of twentieth-century imperialism and establish an analytical framework for understanding the impact of settler communities in a variety of contexts. Case studies include the European settler projects in Africa, expansionist efforts by the by Japanese in Korea and Manchuria, Nazi attempts to settle ethnic Germans in Poland, and contested settlements in Israel and Palestine.