Ruling the Savage Periphery - Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State

Benjamin Hopkins develops a new theory of colonial administration: frontier governmentality. This system placed indigenous peoples at the borders of imperial territory, where they could be both exploited and kept away. Today's "failed states" are a result. Condemned to the periphery of the global order, they function as colonial design intended.

About the author

Benjamin D. Hopkins is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University. He has received research awards from the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Leverhulme Trust, and the National University of Singapore.

Summary

Benjamin Hopkins develops a new theory of colonial administration: frontier governmentality. This system placed indigenous peoples at the borders of imperial territory, where they could be both exploited and kept away. Today’s “failed states” are a result. Condemned to the periphery of the global order, they function as colonial design intended.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin D. Hopkins, Hopkins Benjamin D.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2020
• EAN: 9780674980709
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98070-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Social and cultural history, Indigenous People