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14 produkter
The Political Economy of the Raj 1914-1947: The Economics of Decolonization in India
Inbunden, 2001
2197 kr
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British Imperial Policy and Decolonization, 1938-64
Volume 2: 1951-64
Av Andrew Porter, A. J. Stockwell
Inbunden, 1989
1671 kr
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Current interest in Britain's imperial past and the loss of her formal empire since World War II is substantial. This book, the second of a two-part study, brings together a collection of original and hitherto unpublished source material, throwing light on the approaches of those politicians, civil …
Modern India 1885–1947
Av Sumit Sarkar
Häftad, 1989
371 kr
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'...it is well written, balanced and comprehensive. It splendidly incorporates the new work of the last twenty years as no one else has and it will be the starting point for everyone doing any work, from sixth forms upwards, on modern India.' D.A.Low
Governors and Settlers
Images of Authority in the British Colonies, 1820-60
Av M. Francis
Inbunden, 1992
1116 kr
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In nineteenth-century settler colonies such as Upper Canada, New South Wales and New Zealand, governors not only administered, they stood at the head of colonial society and ordered the festivities and ceremonies around which colonial life centred. Governors were expected to be repositories of …
Politics, Women and Well-Being
How Kerala became 'a Model'
Inbunden, 1992
3113 kr
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In 1990, Kerala on the southwestern coast has India's lowest infant mortality, longest life expectancy and highest female literacy. India's 'problem state' of the 1950s has become 'the Kerala model'. The collapse of a matrilineal social structure and a rigid caste system contributed to widespread …
Imagined Commonwealth
Cambridge Essays on Commonwealth and International Literature in English
Av T.J. Cribb
Inbunden, 1998
1247 kr
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This collection includes contributions from some of the major authors in the field. The critical essays have been chosen to open up possibilities, mark out boundaries and set objectives in the ever-expanding field of international literature in English. The writers themselves are the principal …
The Durham Report and British Policy
A Critical Essay
Av Ged Martin
Häftad, 2008
574 kr
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In 1838 Lord Melbourne's Whig government in Britain sent the radical Lord Durham to Canada as Governor-General to deal with a colony in the aftermath of a rebellion. Durham's vanity and arrogance made him a poor choice for the post, and he resigned a few months later after the government had been …
Canada and the Transition to Commonwealth
British-Canadian Relations 1917-1926
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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This book studies the relations between Britain and Canada from the end of the First World War to the Imperial Conference of 1926. It is concerned principally with the problems of imperial co-operation and consultation in foreign affairs and defence policy, and with the pressures developing out of …
The Making of Modern Belize
Politics, Society and British Colonialism in Central America
Av C. H. Grant
Häftad, 2008
888 kr
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Belize (formerly British Honduras) is a residue of the British Empire and the last colony in the Americas. Like most colonies in this age of decolonisation Belize was willing to break the colonial ties and in fact achieved internal self-government in 1964. It is, however, deterred from taking its …
Mackinnon and East Africa 1878-1895
A Study in the 'New Imperialism'
Häftad, 2008
606 kr
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In the 1870s Britain dominated the coast of east Africa by informal influence exerted from Zanzibar through the renowned consul-general, Sir John Kirk. This unchallenged position ended with the decision of Bismarck to back Carl Peters in his treaty-making activities and the mainland opposite …
Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania
The Politics of Participation
Häftad, 2008
670 kr
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In the belief that intensive study of selected local areas is an important development in scholarship on Africa, the author presents a micropolitical study of an important region of one of East Africa's Rew nations. Sukumaland, an area of Tanzania which contains one tenth of the country's …
The Scramble for Southern Africa, 1877-1895
The politics of partition reappraised
Häftad, 2009
687 kr
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The Scramble for Southern Africa formed one of the most dramatic episodes in the more general European assault on Africa by the forces of the New Imperialism in the later nineteenth century. This book offers a fresh reappraisal of the complex sequence of events that surrounded the Partition of …
Developing the Third World
The Experience of the Nineteen-Sixties
Av Robinson, Ronald F. R. I. C . Robinson
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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The particular contribution of the Cambridge Conferences on Development was to gather together practical administrators and technical specialists in many fields so that they can examine together a particular problem in development strategy for the Third World. This 1971 volume selects some of the …
Commonwealth Secretariat and the Contemporary Commonwealth
Häftad, 1989
545 kr
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A review of the Commonwealth Secretariat's organization, resources and performance together with an exploration of the role of the Secretary-General and a discussion of the problems of financial stringency and political strain over South Africa. It is aimed at specialists and general readers.
