Colonialism & imperialism books

"The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free...  Read More >>

A revealing history of how slavery-derived wealth transformed Britain's natural and architectural landscapes.  Read More >>

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Through case studies on, amongst others, the labour market, education, the family and legal system, this book examines...  Read More >>

A previously unpublished collection of Rodney's essays on Marxism, spanning his engagement with of Black Power,...  Read More >>

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This book is the first account of the British diplomatic mission in Pakistan from its foundation at the end of the...  Read More >>

This volume represents the first transnational and hemispheric analysis of nineteenth-century intersections between...  Read More >>

The history of the central African states of Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo has been one of turmoil, violence and...  Read More >>

This book is a study of how the theories and actual practices of a Pan-Asian empire were produced during Japan’s...  Read More >>

"This book presents a detailed analysis of the U.S. policy toward Cuba during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration...  Read More >>

Ghosts of Archive draws on the discourses of deconstruction, intersectionality and archetypal psychology to mount...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging book re-evaluates in detail the early history and historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins...  Read More >>

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In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption and globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate...  Read More >>

This study offers a macro picture of the urban process under the British administration, showing how colonial capitalism...  Read More >>

This volume exposes at once the nature of World War I and its depth and duration in personal lives. Contributors,...  Read More >>

This volume compares and contrasts British and German colonialist discourses from a variety of angles: philosophical,...  Read More >>

"Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: ""The King is Listening"" offers, through the contribution...  Read More >>

"This book examines how books, reading and subscription libraries were used by the British to vet the ""proper sort""—clubbable...  Read More >>

This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of indigenous scholarship. The...  Read More >>

The climate reasons, pressures and incentives that led to emigration have been neither straightforward nor uniform...  Read More >>

""This book shows how imperialism molded American religion-both the category of religion and the traditions designated...  Read More >>

Laughter is the natural response of most Jamaicans to the name Alexander Bedward, long proclaimed as the lunatic...  Read More >>

Based on interviews with women who were professionals in different fields before migrating, this book explores Nigerian...  Read More >>