{"product_id":"from-migrants-to-refugees-9781478024996","title":"From Migrants to Refugees","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e From Migrants to Refugees \u003c\/i\u003eJill Rosenthal tells the history of how Rwandan migrants in a Tanzanian border district became considered either citizens or refugees as nation-state boundaries solidified in the wake of decolonization. Outlining the process by which people who have long lived and circulated across the Rwanda-Tanzania border came to have a national identity, Rosenthal reveals humanitarian aid’s central role in the ideological processes of decolonization and nation building. From precolonial histories to the first Rwandan refugee camps during decolonization in the 1960s to the massive refugee camps in the 1990s, Rosenthal highlights the way that this area became a testing ground for novel forms of transnational aid to refugees that had global implications. As local and national actors, refugees, and international officials all attempted to control the lives and futures of refugee groups, they contested the authority of the nation-state and the international refu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jill Rosenthal’s detailed history of border making and border crossing reveals both the identification of people with place and its blurring by extensive movement across space. \u003ci\u003eFrom Migrants to Refugees \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling and important contribution to our understanding not only of the cross-border consequences of the Rwandan quagmire but also of the relationship in an unequal world between international organizations, African people, and an African state.” -- Frederick Cooper, author of * Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present *\u003cbr\u003e“In this conceptually adventurous, empirically rich, and engagingly written book, Jill Rosenthal brings a new perspective to histories of Tanzanian nationalism and to the comparative study of nationalism in postcolonial Africa. At the same time, she contributes to histories of decolonization, sovereignty, and state making by showing how these questions were worked through in a border region. \u003ci\u003eFrom Migrants to Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e moves the field in exciting and innovative ways.” -- Emma Hunter, author of * Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania: Freedom, Democracy, and Citizenship in the Era of Decolonization *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I: The Making of Migrants\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tracing a Boundary: Cultural Connections and Mandate Separation  23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Canalization and Control: Unbounded Migrants  43\u003cbr\u003e 3. Developmental Disappointment: Continuities in Late Colonial and Early Independence Ngara  57\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Making of Refugees\u003cbr\u003e 4. Developmental Refugees: The Politics of Rwandan Refugee Settlement in Ngara District, 1959–1969  77\u003cbr\u003e 5. Citizens and Refugees: The Politics of Refugee Aid  95\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conflicting Sovereignties: Competition at Mwesi Refugee Settlement, 1963–1970  113\u003cbr\u003e Part III: The Making of Citizens\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of “Natural” Citizens and “Natural” Illegality: \u003ci\u003eUjamaa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagendo\u003c\/i\u003e, and Naturalization in Ngara District, 1970–1984  139\u003cbr\u003e 8. Competition and Backstabbing: The International Response to the Rwandan Refugee Crisis, 1994–1996  158\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of \u003ci\u003eGénocidaires\u003c\/i\u003e and Humanitarians: The Rwandan Refugee Emergency n Ngara District  176\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Business of Nationalism and Humanitarian Aid  193\u003cbr\u003e Notes  205\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  285\u003cbr\u003e Index  301","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409017053527,"sku":"9781478024996","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478024996.jpg?v=1730505109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-migrants-to-refugees-9781478024996","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}