Out of Line, Out of Place: A Global and Local History of World War I Internments

Out of Line,Out of Place explores the history of internment camps during World War I and II, highlighting their similarities and differences. It argues that internment camps were a biopolitical tool of governance that emerged in colonial settings and became universal and global during the Great War. More than eight million soldiers became prisoners of war, more than a million civilians became internees, and several millions more were displaced from their homes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2022
Publisher: Cornell University Press

Out of Line, Out of Place sheds light on and examines the emergence of internment camps as a biopolitical tool of governance. While initially developed as a technology of containment, control, and punishment in the late nineteenth century, primarily in colonial contexts, internment camps became universal and global during the Great War. The internment camp experience was not limited to World War II but was also a significant aspect of World War I, with over eight million soldiers becoming prisoners of war, over a million civilians becoming internees, and millions more being displaced from their homes. This book brings together these diverse camps in conversation, highlighting both their differences and similarities in operation during the Great War. Rotem Kowner and Iris Rachamimov emphasize that while there were variations among camps and distinct internment logics in individual countries, there were also notable similarities in how camps functioned during the Great War.

Weight: 28g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501765902