Interdisciplinary studies books

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The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century (1983) explores the impact of a changing society on the...  Read More >>

Imperialism and Social Reform (1960) examines British social-imperialism and the development of social-imperial...  Read More >>

Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization (1984) is a key collection of essays that analyse from many sides...  Read More >>

Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically...  Read More >>

Vasco da Gama and His Successors (1970) looks at a range of Portuguese explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth...  Read More >>

The British West Indies (1960) examines the islands and two mainland colonies of the West Indies as they approached...  Read More >>

Colonial Planning (1958) breaks new ground in its study of colonial development plans on a comparative basis. It...  Read More >>

A History of the Georgian People (1971) begins with an account of the early history and ethnographic background...  Read More >>

British Imperialism and Australia (1939) looks at the early economic history of Australia. The establishment of...  Read More >>

Often within a single lifespan African countries were conquered, reorganised, settled and then granted independence...  Read More >>

Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana (1978) examines Ghana’s integration into the world economic system, and...  Read More >>

Malta and the End of Empire (1971) examines the now-forgotten moment in 1956 when the people of Malta, Gozo and...  Read More >>

East Africa (1971) examines the social and economic as well as the political history, and takes pains to understand...  Read More >>

Early Records of British India (1972) is an important collection of source material deriving from official documents...  Read More >>

Where the Waves Fall (1984) centres the stories of the Pacific Islanders and how they were affected by European...  Read More >>

The Twilight of European Colonialism (1961) charts the political development of each colony, the author analyses...  Read More >>

The Struggle for Asia 1828–1914 (1977) studies a classic case of rival imperialisms. British leaders tended to believe...  Read More >>

British India's Relations with the Kingdom of Nepal (1970) uses original documents and confidential papers never...  Read More >>

Buddhism, Imperialism and War (1979) examines Burma and Thailand, both Buddhist nations, and explores their approach...  Read More >>

Black Flags in Vietnam (1968) examines 1800s conflict between China, Vietnam and France. It seemed China would be...  Read More >>

Colonial Sequence 1949 to 1969 (1970) continues the sequence begun in Colonial Sequence 1930 to 1949 and presents...  Read More >>

History of the Conquest of Peru (1959) contains a detailed analysis of the political, religious and social organisation...  Read More >>

Local Government in West Africa (1964) examines colonial and independent local government in Nigeria, Ghana and...  Read More >>

West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise – rivalry, and exploitation – in West Africa....  Read More >>