Enemies in the Empire

Stefan Manz is Professor of German and Global History at Aston University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His last monograph on the German diaspora before 1914 was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Manz has received funding from a number of international bodies and serves on the AHRC Peer Review College. He is a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University and a leading authority on the position of ethnic minorities in the modern world, a field in which he has published widely. His research has received funding from a wide variety of bodies including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

• PART I: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 1: Introduction 2: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 3: The German Diaspora in the Empire 4: Global Germanophobia during Wartime: Public and State Responses 5: British Imperial Internment 6: The Extent and Nature of the Camp System PART II: Metropole and Territories 7: Great Britain 8: South Africa 9: India PART III: Life in the Camps 10: Knockaloe 11: Fort Napier 12: Ahmednagar PART IV: Conclusion 13: The Nature and Legacy of British Imperial Internment Appendix: Main Civilian Internment Camps in the British Empire

This book's significance extends beyond the authors' success at demonstrating the ties that bound the British empire's internment camps to policy-makers in London. It offers a much-needed comparative perspective and highlights under-studied aspects of the internment experience. [...] admirable breadth [...]. A noteworthy addition to the field, this book is recommended reading for scholars and students of the First World War and wartime incarceration