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Indispensable Traitors
Liberal Parties in Settler Conflicts
E-bok, 2002
1119 kr
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In settler societies, some conflicts have roots that are both ethnic and colonial in nature. These are conflicts between an indigenous ethnic group and groups and between an ethnic group and groups of settlers who have been transplanted to a territory by a colonial power as part of a colonizing …
Deadly Force, Colonialism, and the Rule of Law
Police Violence in Guyana
Av Joan Mars
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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In post-colonial countries such as Guyana, the legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical …
Kingdom of Swaziland
Studies in Political History
E-bok, 1999
1204 kr
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A scholarly and engaging study, this history of Swaziland, by an author who spent many years in the kingdom, presents a vivid account of the interplay of politics and personalities along the passage to post-colonial independence. From the early stages of Swazi occupation of the present-day kingdom …
Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures
The French Experience in Asia, 1600-1700
Av Glenn J. Ames, Ronald S. Love
E-bok, 2003
755 kr
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Utilizing contemporary accounts of India, China, Siam and the Levant, this study provides rich detail about these exotic lands and explores the priorities that shaped and motivated these bold envoys and chroniclers. Ames and Love offer a fascinating look at the symbiotic nature of cross-cultural …
Betrothed of Death
The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927
E-bok, 2001
1204 kr
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Following her defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain shifted her colonial focus to her Protectorate in northern Morocco. When Spanish conscripts began to fight and to die by the thousands, political fallout forced the government to create a new unit of professional soldiers. This unit …
Mixed Blessing
The Impact of the American Colonial Experience on Politics and Society in the Philippines
E-bok, 2001
1926 kr
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Invidious distinctions on the basis of race and overt racism were central features in American colonial policy in the Philippines from 1898 to 1947, as America transported its domestic racial policy to the island colony. This collection by young Filipino scholars analyzes American colonialism and …
India
The Seductive and Seduced Other of German Orientalism
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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Germans of various disciplines not only encouraged but actively framed a discourse that gendered India through voyeuristic descriptions of the male and female body. This study challenges the German's claim to an encounter with India projected on a spiritual plane of communion between kindred …
Social Engineering in the Philippines
The Aims, Execution, and Impact of American Colonial Policy, 1900-1913
Av Glenn May
Inbunden, 1980
1095 kr
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Between Black and White
Race, Politics, and the Free Coloreds in Jamaica, 1792-1865
Inbunden, 1981
1095 kr
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The complex story of the rise and fall of the colored class in Jamaican politics is examined in this important contribution to the history of the Caribbean.
European Colonial Rule, 1880-1940
The Impact of the West on India, Southeast Asia, and Africa
Av Unknown
Inbunden, 1982
1095 kr
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British Rule in Malaya
The Malayan Civil Service and Its Predecessors, 1867-1942
Av Morgan H. Baumann, Lowry E. Heussler m. fl.
Inbunden, 1981
1063 kr
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Double Impact
France and Africa in the Age of Imperialism
Av G. Wesley Johnson, G. Wesley Johnson
Inbunden, 1985
1095 kr
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This collection of original historical essays sheds new light on the French colonial experience and the African reaction to it and breaks new ground by looking at both sides of the colonial equation. Editor G. Wesley Johnson believes that a double impact characterized French colonial rule in Africa …
Western Women in Colonial Africa
Av Sarah Oliver
Inbunden, 1982
732 kr
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Inspired by her own contact with Africa, Caroline Oliver has written biographies of five intrepid women who traveled through the interior of Africa during colonial times. Two were explorers. Alexine Tinne led her own expedition up the Bahr el Ghazal tributary of the Nile. The second sketch traces …
Second British Empire
Trade, Philanthropy, and Good Government, 1820-1890
Inbunden, 1983
711 kr
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Selling of the Empire
British and French Imperialist Propaganda, 1890-1940
Av T. G. August
Inbunden, 1985
1098 kr
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This innovative volume explores the essential similarity of imperialist ideologies in Britain and France from 1890 to 1940. These nations attempted to sell the concept of empire to their respective peoples as a means of overcoming pressing internal problems. The author documents the development of …
Black and White in Southern Zambia
The Tonga Plateau Economy and British Imperialism, 1890-1939
Inbunden, 1986
1095 kr
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Railway Imperialism
Av Ronald E. Robinson, Clarence B. Davis m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
1748 kr
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This contributed volume explores the relationship between imperialism, railways, and informal empire. Contributors account for the origins of main lines in several independent and self-governing countries. The essays reflect on the imperial and anti-imperial effects of railways, whose rails traced …
No Country For A Gentleman
British Rule in Egypt, 1883-1907
Inbunden, 1988
880 kr
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Welch discusses the special difficulties of ruling Egypt, such as the anomalous administration, foreign interference, and national dissent, as well as the men who ruled and their perceptions of those they governed. Despite the many complexities that defined the scope of their work, British …
Imperial Diplomacy in the Era of Decolonization
The Sudan and Anglo-Egyptian Relations, 1945-1956
Inbunden, 1995
1067 kr
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This book provides a detailed examination of the role played by the Sudan Political Service in Anglo-Egyptian relations from the end of the Second World War, when Egypt formally demanded revision of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, through the conclusion of an Anglo-Egyptian Agreement on the …
Meeting Technology's Advance
Social Change in China and Zimbabwe in the Railway Age
Av James Z. Gao
Inbunden, 1997
1098 kr
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In this first comparative study of Chinese and Zimbabwean railway experiences, Gao examines the role played by technological progress in generating significant social change. His principal concern is with indigenous people whose efforts to meet this technological advance has been neglected or …
Betrothed of Death
The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927
Inbunden, 2001
1098 kr
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Following her defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain shifted her colonial focus to her Protectorate in northern Morocco. When Spanish conscripts began to fight and to die by the thousands, political fallout forced the government to create a new unit of professional soldiers. This unit …
Mixed Blessing
The Impact of the American Colonial Experience on Politics and Society in the Philippines
Av Hazel McFerson, Hazel M. McFerson
Inbunden, 2001
1753 kr
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Invidious distinctions on the basis of race and overt racism were central features in American colonial policy in the Philippines from 1898 to 1947, as America transported its domestic racial policy to the island colony. This collection by young Filipino scholars analyzes American colonialism and …
Bringing of Wonder
Trade and the Indians of the Southeast, 1700-1783
Inbunden, 1999
880 kr
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In the relations between colonial European traders and the Indians of the southern backcountry, trade was a powerful manipulative tool used by both sides in their attempts to control each other. This anthropological and sociological study examines how European traders sought out native women as …
Deadly Force, Colonialism, and the Rule of Law
Police Violence in Guyana
Av Joan Mars
Inbunden, 2002
1098 kr
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In post-colonial countries such as Guyana, the legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical …
Law and Justice in Post-British Nigeria
Conflicts and Interactions Between Native and Foreign Systems of Social Control in Igbo
Inbunden, 2001
981 kr
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Based on data from Nigeria's Igbo, this book examines the roles of the native and the foreign, English-style justice systems in the administration of law and justice in Nigeria. Okereafoezeke looks at the nature of colonially imposed justice in Nigeria and the relationship between informal and …
Indispensable Traitors
Liberal Parties in Settler Conflicts
Inbunden, 2002
1067 kr
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In settler societies, some conflicts have roots that are both ethnic and colonial in nature. These are conflicts between an indigenous ethnic group and groups and between an ethnic group and groups of settlers who have been transplanted to a territory by a colonial power as part of a colonizing …
Policing Islam
The British Occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Struggle Over Control of the Police, 1882-1914
E-bok, 1999
1169 kr
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The role of the police force was central in the politics and social life of Egypt during the British occupation between 1882 and 1914. Egyptians initially resisted British encroachment into the sphere of autonomy that had been reserved to them in police matters. However, preferring indirect rule to …
Meeting Technology's Advance
Social Change in China and Zimbabwe in the Railway Age
Av James Z. Gao
E-bok, 1997
1135 kr
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In this first comparative study of Chinese and Zimbabwean railway experiences, Gao examines the role played by technological progress in generating significant social change. His principal concern is with indigenous people whose efforts to meet this technological advance has been neglected or …
