Define anD Rule The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures Define anD Rule Native as Political Identity MahMooD Ma MDani Harvard University Press CaMbRiDge, MassaChusetts lonDon, englanD 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Mahmood Mamdani all rights reserved Printed in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946- Define and rule : native as political identity / Mahmood Mamdani.—1st ed. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-674-05052-5 1. Colonies—administration—Philosophy. 2. Colonies— administration—history. 3. Decolonization—Philosophy. 4. Decolonization—history. i. title. JV412.M36 2012 325'.3—dc23 2012004821 For Wawa Contents introduction 1 1 nativism: the theory Sir Henry Maine and the Post-1857 Crisis of Empire 6 2 nativism: the Practice 43 3 beyond settlers and natives The Theory and Practice of Decolonization 85 notes acknowledgments index 127 149 151 Define anD Rule