Colonialism & imperialism books

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To Risk It All: General Forbes, the Capture of Fort Duquesne, and the Course of Empire in the Ohio Country

To Risk It All: General Forbes, the Capture of Fort...

Author: Michael McConnell
ISBN: 9780822967262
Format: Paperback
$71.28

While most histories of the time period include the Forbes Campaign as an aside, McConnell documents how and why...  Read More >>

Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing

Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American...

Author: Daniel McKay ,  Patrick Porter
ISBN: 9781531505158
Format: Hardback
$216.99

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Decolonizing the Memory of the First World War: The Poetics and Politics of Centenary Interventions

Decolonizing the Memory of the First World War: The...

Author: Anna Branach-Kallas
ISBN: 9781032633213
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Decolonizing the Memory of the First World War contributes to the imperial turn in First World War studies.  Read More >>

By Sea & Stars: The story of the First Fleet, from the bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and LOLA IN THE MIRROR

By Sea & Stars: The story of the First Fleet, from the...

Author: Trent Dalton
ISBN: 9781460766606
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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An Honourable Exit

An Honourable Exit

Author: Eric Vuillard
ISBN: 9781035004003
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Éric Vuillard turns his forensic, darkly humorous eye to the build-up to the war in Vietnam – skewering French and...  Read More >>

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe...

Author: Sathnam Sanghera
ISBN: 9781541704978
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Bestselling author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera explores the global legacy of the British Empire, and the ways...  Read More >>

Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and Practices of Care

Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and...

Author: Merja Anis (University of Turku) ,  Fadumo Dayib (University of Helsinki)
ISBN: 9781447371427
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland with a diversity of voices but...  Read More >>

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

Author: Gülçin Coşkun ,  Tuba İnal-Çekiç
ISBN: 9781032519777
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the city’s potential...  Read More >>

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

Author: Gülçin Coşkun ,  Tuba İnal-Çekiç
ISBN: 9781032519784
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the city’s potential...  Read More >>

Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America: Volume I: Romanticism and Revolutions

Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America:...

Author: Marisa Palacios Knox
ISBN: 9781032011660
Format: Hardback
$242.00

The sources in this volume focus on Britain’s moral, financial, and diplomatic interventions and ambitions in Latin...  Read More >>

Conrad’s Presence in Contemporary Culture: Adaptations and Appropriations

Conrad’s Presence in Contemporary Culture: Adaptations...

Author: Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech ,  Nathalie Martinière
ISBN: 9789004691971
Format: Hardback
$348.48

The book showcases the Conrad-effect in contemporary culture. It consists of various essays authored by scholars...  Read More >>

Women and the Rise of Nutrition Science in Interwar Britain and British Africa

Women and the Rise of Nutrition Science in Interwar...

Author: Lacey Sparks
ISBN: 9783031235238
Format: Paperback
$284.60

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The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence

The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: Legacies and Consequences...

Author: H.A. Hellyer (Royal United Services Institute, UK) ,  Robert Springborg (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
ISBN: 9780755643653
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt’s nation state. So far there has been no text...  Read More >>

Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940: Humans on Exhibition

Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940: Humans on...

Author: Guido Abbattista
ISBN: 9781032119311
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Comprehensively analyzing for the first time the phenomenon of ethnic living expositions in Italy between the 19th...  Read More >>

Puerto Rico: Historia de Una Naci�n / Puerto Rico: A National History

Puerto Rico: Historia de Una Naci�n / Puerto Rico: A...

Author: Jorell Mel�ndez-Badillo
ISBN: 9786073909105
Format: Paperback
$50.03

"""T�itulo original: Puerto Rico: A Natural History""--Colophon page."  Read More >>

Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives

Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical...

Author: Dr Emma Parker
ISBN: 9781350353794
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The dismantlement of the British Empire had a profound impact on many celebrated white Anglophone writers of the...  Read More >>

Empire, Celebrity and Excess: King Farouk of Egypt and British Culture 1936-1965

Empire, Celebrity and Excess: King Farouk of Egypt and...

Author: Professor Martin Francis
ISBN: 9781350345331
Format: Paperback
$75.01

While now long-forgotten, King Farouk of Egypt loomed large in British culture in the 1940s and 1950s. Farouk was...  Read More >>

Empire Cruise: The Special Service Squadron 1923-24

Empire Cruise: The Special Service Squadron 1923-24...

Author: Daniel Knowles
ISBN: 9781781558980
Format: Hardback
$77.99

This book charts the story and the events of one of the Royal Navy's last great voyages. Led by one of the most...  Read More >>

Imperial Measurement: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Western Colonialism

Imperial Measurement: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Western...

Author: Kristian Niemietz
ISBN: 9780255368391
Format: Paperback
$25.88

Drawing on data from various European colonial empires, Niemietz casts doubt on the claim – popular among both 19th-century...  Read More >>

Fueling Sovereignty: Colonial Oil and the Creation of Unlikely States

Fueling Sovereignty: Colonial Oil and the Creation of...

Author: Naosuke Mukoyama (University of Tokyo)
ISBN: 9781009444309
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Examines how oil and other natural resources affected the making of sovereign states through decolonization, creating...  Read More >>

Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism: A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice

Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism: A Postcolonial Chronicle...

Author: Jan Breman ,  Andy Brown
ISBN: 9789048559916
Format: Hardback
$443.52

For a long time, Europe’s colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were...  Read More >>

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