A guest questions whether colonial territories were organised to support stable internal government. The discussion then identifies a second problem: people had become attached to boundaries imposed over several generations. Redrawing them would therefore face resistance even where the inherited arrangements caused difficulties. Movement across borders and the uneven distribution of populations further complicate any neat territorial solution. The exchange places these difficulties within a critical assessment of empire.
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Why inherited colonial borders were difficult to change
Administrative borders could leave difficult conditions for self-government while becoming familiar territory that people were reluctant to redraw.