Colonialism & imperialism books

An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s, in which the occupying Spanish and French faced...  Read More >>

Reveals a dark chapter in the Italian government's colonial history that has been largely hidden from view. Between...  Read More >>

This book therefore provides the first historical account of physical education and physical culture in Cape Town,...  Read More >>

This book puts contemporary calls for decolonisation in context. Featuring an interdisciplinary team of scholars...  Read More >>

Provides an intellectual genealogy of the debate over the paradigm of 'Romanization' developed by Haverfield in...  Read More >>

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This book considers different stages of Kurdish history, oppression, and genocide, through a critical lens offering...  Read More >>

The essays in the volume deal with a broad range factors integral to Indian history in the early modern era. They...  Read More >>

This book is the outcome of a national seminar for research scholars on Pakistan organized by the Centre for Pakistan...  Read More >>

This much anticipated volume looks at the historical evolution of towns and cities in medieval India from the early...  Read More >>

Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex...  Read More >>

Created in the late eighteenth century by the East India Company to manage relations with the princely rulers of...  Read More >>

For the first century-and-a-half of its nearly 275 year existence, the English East India Company remained ostensibly...  Read More >>

James Wise's account of the inhabitants of East Bengal, the territory that approximately corresponds to modern state...  Read More >>

This book is the first publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past,...  Read More >>

Covering the history of medieval and early modern India, from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, this volume...  Read More >>

From the seventeenth-century various colonial administrations all consciously measured their laws against that of...  Read More >>

This book examines the socio-economic factors in the rise and development of nationalism in the Tamil-speaking region...  Read More >>

In 1948, British troops withdrew from the Palestinian lands, ending over 30 years of the British Mandate of Palestine....  Read More >>

This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past,...  Read More >>

The struggling states of Bihar and Mithila serve as extreme examples of India‘s problems. Development here has been...  Read More >>

The focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though...  Read More >>

The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for...  Read More >>

This volume is a festschrift for Damodar Ramaji SarDesai (b.1931), Professor Emeritus of History at the University...  Read More >>