National liberation & independence, post-colonialism books

This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa,...  Read More >>

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Explores the visions of public areas held by political and economic elites and by non-white urban poor in Georgetown,...  Read More >>

This historical overview of Mexico explores at every opportunity what it is that makes contemporary Mexico the fascinating...  Read More >>

Examines developments within several societies in the Greater Caribbean during the revolutionary period to illustrate...  Read More >>

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This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa,...  Read More >>

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This work concludes the three-part mini-series that describes the history of the local forces raised in the 13 original...  Read More >>

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Decades on from independence the role of Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself....  Read More >>

In this volume, Kathleen Deagan and Jose Maria Cruxent present detailed technical documentation of their ten-year...  Read More >>

Following the Indian Mutiny, the 1860s and 1870s marked a period of change and imperial consolidation for the British....  Read More >>

This bold collection clearly shows the interplay between slavery and spirituality, conversion and control, and the...  Read More >>

Through an examination of key British literary texts, Hodgkins shows in this study that for more than four centuries...  Read More >>

Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered on January...  Read More >>

Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain,...  Read More >>

This book argues that in addition to being a war of national liberation, Mexico's movement toward independence was...  Read More >>

This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this...  Read More >>

Written by a man deemed the world's foremost historian of human migration, ""Peoples and Empires"" is the story...  Read More >>

Looks at the relationship between the Khoekhoe, British empire, and the London Missionary Society in the 19th century,...  Read More >>

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