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Man, State and Society in the Contemporary Middle East (Paperback): Jacob M. Landau Man, State and Society in the Contemporary Middle East (Paperback)
Jacob M. Landau
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work, first published in 1972, is an objective introduction to the social, political, and cultural changes that took place in the Middle East in the years after the Second World War. It includes papers by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field as well as personal accounts by insightful observers living in the area. It includes articles on such topics as Arab socialism and nationalism, religious communities, ethnic minorities, women in Arab society, education, and many more.

Imperial Networks - Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain (Paperback, New): Alan Lester Imperial Networks - Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain (Paperback, New)
Alan Lester
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British Colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies.
Drawing on materialist South African historiography, postcolonial theory and geographical conceptions, imperial Networks examines:
* the origins and early nineteenth century development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler
* the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents
* the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign
* the eventual colonisation of the Xhosa and the construction of colonial settler identities.
Imperial Networks introduces students to key debates in the historiography of nineteenth century South Africa, as well as in materialist and postcolonial constructions of the past.

The Postcolonial Exotic - Marketing the Margins (Hardcover): Graham Huggan The Postcolonial Exotic - Marketing the Margins (Hardcover)
Graham Huggan
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Travel writing, it has been said, helped produce the rest of the world for a Western audience. Could the same be said more recently of so-called "postcolonial" writing? In "The Postcolonial Exotic," Graham Huggan examines some of the processes by which value is given to postcolonial works within their cultural field. Using both literary-critical and sociological methods of analysis, Huggan discusses both the exoticist discourses that run through postcolonial studies, and the means by which postcolonial "products" are marketed and domesticated for Western consumption. This timely and challenging volume examines everything from well-meaning multiculturalism, tourism, and pseudo-anthropology, to the Booker prize, anthologies, and academic texts. It points to the urgent need for a more carefully grounded understanding of the processes of production, dissemination and consumption that have surrounded the rapid development of the postcolonial field.

Colonialism and Neocolonialism (Hardcover): Jean-Paul Sartre Colonialism and Neocolonialism (Hardcover)
Jean-Paul Sartre; Translated by Azzedine Haddour, Steve Brewer, Terry McWilliams
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


'A living testimony to Sartre as a significant anti-colonial figure, with not only an analytic brain but ethical precepts worthy of emulation. It provides a detailed and massively well-informed insight into French Colonial policies in Algeria.' - Human Nature Review

The Postcolonial Exotic - Marketing the Margins (Paperback, New): Graham Huggan The Postcolonial Exotic - Marketing the Margins (Paperback, New)
Graham Huggan
R1,195 Discovery Miles 11 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Travel writing, it has been said, helped produce the rest of the world for a Western audience. Could the same be said more recently of postcolonial writing?
In The Postcolonial Exotic, Graham Huggan examines some of the processes by which value is attributed to postcolonial works within their cultural field. Using varied methods of analysis, Huggan discusses both the exoticist discourses that run through postcolonial studies, and the means by which postcolonial products are marketed and domesticated for Western consumption.
Global in scope, the book takes in everything from:
* the latest 'Indo-chic' to the history of the Heinemann African Writers series
* from the celebrity stakes of the Booker Prize to those of the US academic star-system
*from Canadian multicultural anthologies to Australian 'tourist novels'.
This timely and challenging volume points to the urgent need for a more carefully grounded understanding of the processes of production, dissemination and consumption that have surrounded the rapid development of the postcolonial field.

Defenders of the Union - A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801 (Paperback, New): D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day Defenders of the Union - A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801 (Paperback, New)
D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day
R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Defenders of the Union is a concise and readable overview of the history and contentious politics of Unionism and the affect it has had on Anglo-Irish relations over the last two hundred years. It is an essential guide to this confusing topic and covers key areas such as:
* definition of unionism
* establishment of the union
* Unionist literature
* loyalists since 1972.

Literature and Nation - Britain and India 1800-1990 (Hardcover): Richard Allen, Harish Trivedi Literature and Nation - Britain and India 1800-1990 (Hardcover)
Richard Allen, Harish Trivedi
R3,649 Discovery Miles 36 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Author Biography:
Richard Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Literature at The Open University, Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi.

Literature and Nation - Britain and India 1800-1990 (Paperback, New): Richard Allen, Harish Trivedi Literature and Nation - Britain and India 1800-1990 (Paperback, New)
Richard Allen, Harish Trivedi
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Perhaps no two nations in modern times have had a more complex cultural engagement than imperial Britain and colonised India. This unique anthology of stories, poems, historical documents and extracts from novels - most unavailable elsewhere - enables readers to examine the cultures of these two countries in an integrated way.
Introductory chapters by Richard Allen and Harish Trivedi and others set out agendas for reconsideration of classic texts from the period. Major themes include:
The British nation and the colonies
Literature, nation and revolution
Poetry and nation
Liberal dilemmas in England and India
Gandhian nationalism
Independence and after
Post-colonial hybridity
Literature and Nation helps readers understand how critical thinking in the post-colonial area has developed. It also extends the field of post-colonial studies by presenting fresh primary materials translated into English from other languages. It is essential reading for all those interested in Britain and India, in colonial and post-colonial discourse, and in the interface of literature and history.

Longman Companion to the Formation of the European Empires, 1488-1920 (Paperback): Muriel E. Chamberlain Longman Companion to the Formation of the European Empires, 1488-1920 (Paperback)
Muriel E. Chamberlain
R1,272 R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Save R184 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The European empires as they existed from the Age of Discovery until after the First World War shaped the modern world. So great has been their political, economic and cultural influence that to fully understand contemporary history and events, it is essential to have an understanding of the imperial past. This book is an impressive achievement. It brings together in one comprehensive volume, all the essential facts and figures relating to the process of empire-building by the European powers. It complements the Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century by the same author - together they help to explain why different empires had different philosophies, dissolved in different ways, and left different legacies.

Post-Colonial Transformation (Hardcover): Bill Ashcroft Post-Colonial Transformation (Hardcover)
Bill Ashcroft
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control. The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, "Post-Colonial Transformation": * demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been
* investigates political and literary resistance
* examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place
* offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality.
"Post-Colonial Transformation" breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies.

The History of the Seljuq Turks - The Saljuq-nama of Zahir al-Din Nishpuri (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Edmund Bosworth The History of the Seljuq Turks - The Saljuq-nama of Zahir al-Din Nishpuri (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Edmund Bosworth
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Nishapuri flourished in the 12th century and wrote a succinct history in Persian of the Saljuq Turks, a tribal group from Central Asia who in the 11th century established a vast empire, enduring for some century and a half and bringing about lasting changes to the ethnic composition and the patterns of land utilisation in the northern tier of the Middle East.

Defenders of the Union - A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801 (Hardcover): D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day Defenders of the Union - A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801 (Hardcover)
D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work provides a comprehensive overview of the contentious politics of Unionism and the effects it has had on the relationship between Britain and Ireland over the past two centuries. By considering the history of Unionism, the Act of Union of 1801 and its aftermath, it provides a significant guide to these historical events and the continuing legacies which they have created. This book looks at the way the Union has affected Anglo-Irish and Catholic-Protestant relations and also considers its social, cultural and economic effects on Irish and British life. Key aspects which are discussed include: definition of Unionism; establishment of the Union; defending the union; and Protestant Churches and opposition to Home Rule.

Politics and Post-Colonial Theory - African Inflections (Hardcover): Pal Ahluwalia Politics and Post-Colonial Theory - African Inflections (Hardcover)
Pal Ahluwalia
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Author Biography:
Pal Ahluwalia is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Adelaide. He has written extensively on African Politics and post-colonial theory. His most recent publication, with Bill Ashcroft, is Edward Said: The Paradox of Identity, also published by Routledge.

Politics and Post-Colonial Theory - African Inflections (Paperback, New): Pal Ahluwalia Politics and Post-Colonial Theory - African Inflections (Paperback, New)
Pal Ahluwalia
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This ground-breaking book makes sense of the complexities and dynamics of post-colonial African politics, illustrating how post-colonial theory has marginalised a huge part of its constituency, namely Africa.
Politics and Post-colonial Theory traces how African identity has been constituted and reconstituted by examining movements such as
* negritude
* the rise of nationalism
* decolonisation
and questions how helpful post-colonial analysis can be in understanding the complexities which define institutions such as
* the nation-state
* civil society
* human rights
* citizenship
Politics and Post-colonial Theory bravely breaks down disciplinary boundaries. Its radical vision will be essential reading for all those engaged in Politics, post-colonial studies and African studies.

International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat (Hardcover): Kent Fedorowich, Martin Thomas International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat (Hardcover)
Kent Fedorowich, Martin Thomas
R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The problems investigated in this collection had lasting consequences not only in the field of colonialism but in international politics as well. Decolonization and the Cold War, which brought about the most significant changes to global policits after 1945, are treated together.

Modern Education, Textbooks and the Image of the Nation - Politics of Modernization and Nationalism in Korean Education,... Modern Education, Textbooks and the Image of the Nation - Politics of Modernization and Nationalism in Korean Education, 1880-1910 (Hardcover)
Yoonmi Lee
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

By reinterpreting the way that Korean reformers confronted the process of modernization/Westernization between 1880 and 1910, this study challenges the "failure thesis" which maintains that subsequent Japanese colonization is an indication that the early modernization process in Korea was unsuccessful.

Expansionism - Its Effects on Cuba's Independence (Paperback): Frank Villafana Expansionism - Its Effects on Cuba's Independence (Paperback)
Frank Villafana
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Starting in the early part of the nineteenth century, American administrations expressed a desire to own Cuba. A rationale for adding Cuba to the territory of the United States could be built on Cuba's sugar and tobacco industries, as well as Cuba's mineral deposits. But economics was not the primary motivation. American presidents knew that in the event of war, any nation occupying Cuba would have an advantage over the US military strategies; this fear, coupled with the economic benefit, explains a century of policy decisions. As Frank R. Villafana shows, Cubans were not sitting idle, waiting for outsiders to liberate them from Spanish oppression. A major part of this research is devoted to studying Cuban efforts to liberate their island from prolonged Spanish domination. Cuba had been struggling for independence from Spain since the 1830s, followed by the Ten Year War. During the 1895-1898 War of Independence, Cuba came close to defeating Spain, but a merciless Spanish military effort converted Cuba into a series of concentration camps. Spain surrendered after its naval defeats by the US at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba, following a failed ground campaign in eastern Cuba. After the US occupied Cuba militarily, American political leaders realized only a small minority of Cubans supported annexation, and the Platt Amendment was developed as a substitute. Today, most Cubans agree that independence, even constrained by the United States, was better than enslavement by the Castro brothers. However, as Villafana emphasizes, Cubans living in Cuba as well as abroad still seek a land free and independent of foreign threat and domestic tyrants.

The Politics of Self-Determination - Beyond the Decolonisation Process (Paperback): Kristina Roepstorff The Politics of Self-Determination - Beyond the Decolonisation Process (Paperback)
Kristina Roepstorff
R1,351 Discovery Miles 13 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the formation of the UN in 1945 the international community has witnessed a number of violent self-determination conflicts such as the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Kashmir, and South Sudan that have been a major cause of humanitarian crises and destruction. This book examines the scope and applicability of political self-determination beyond the decolonisation process. Explaining the historical evolution of self-determination, this book provides a theoretical examination of the concept and background. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the author analyses self-determination in relation to contemporary conflicts, which inform and drive a coherent theoretical framework for international responses to claims for self-determination. Built upon an examination of the conceptual foundations of self-determination, this book presents a new understanding and application of self-determination. It addresses the important question of whether self-determination claims legitimate armed violence, either by the self-determining group's right to rebel, or by the international community in the form of humanitarian intervention. The Politics of Self-Determination will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, international relations, security studies and conflict studies.

The Memorialization of Genocide (Paperback): Simone Gigliotti The Memorialization of Genocide (Paperback)
Simone Gigliotti
R1,456 Discovery Miles 14 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Divided societies, tormented pasts, and unrepentant perpetrators. Why are some countries more intent on vanquishing uncomfortable pasts than others? How do public and often unsightly attempts at memorialisation both fail the victims and valorize their oppressors? This book offers fresh and original perspectives on dictatorship, fascism and victimization from the bloodiest decades in Europe's, Australia's and Central America's colonial and modern history. Chapters include analyses of Francoist memorials in Spain, assessments of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, the forgetting of frontier colonial violence in Tasmania, Romania's treatment of its Roma populations in the midst of Holocaust memorialization in Bucharest's urban development, and whether or not the Holocaust continues to serve as an instructional model or impossible aspiration for cross-cultural genocide memorialization strategies. In an era of ongoing political, ethnic and religious conflict, and unrepentant insurgent activity around the world, this collection reminds readers that genocidal actions, wherever and whenever they occurred, must be held to account by more than rhetoric and concrete memory. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

Dawn Over Oman (Paperback): Pauline Searle Dawn Over Oman (Paperback)
Pauline Searle
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Oman is one of the most beautiful and popular countries in the Middle East, yet a few years ago it was one of the world's backwaters where visitors were discouraged. The turning point came with the takeover of power by Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 1970. This book, first published in 1979, takes the reader around the country, from the rugged Musandam peninsula in the north to the southern province of Dhofar. It builds a bridge between historical and modern Oman, describes the people and their landscapes, and the country's indigenous arts and crafts.

Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies (Hardcover): Ramon Maiz, Safran William Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies (Hardcover)
Ramon Maiz, Safran William
R4,182 Discovery Miles 41 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on approaches to autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this study examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Studying the problem from a cross-national and analytical perspective, the contributors distinguish among the types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and the unity of the state. Post-Franco Spain, in the process of continuing democritization, has become important as a laboratory of institutional accomodation of ethnic and regional identities, and the second section concentrates on that country's attempts to steer a middle course between federalism and forms of decentralization. The study contains case studies dealing with questions of nationalism, autonomy and identity in Kosovo, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, British Columbia and Africa.

Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies (Paperback): Ramon Maiz, Safran William Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies (Paperback)
Ramon Maiz, Safran William
R1,364 Discovery Miles 13 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focusing on approaches to autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this study examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Studying the problem from a cross-national and analytical perspective, the contributors distinguish among the types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and the unity of the state. Post-Franco Spain, in the process of continuing democritization, has become important as a laboratory of institutional accomodation of ethnic and regional identities, and the second section concentrates on that country's attempts to steer a middle course between federalism and forms of decentralization. The study contains case studies dealing with questions of nationalism, autonomy and identity in Kosovo, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, British Columbia and Africa.

The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman (Hardcover): Nora Glickman The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman (Hardcover)
Nora Glickman
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


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French Military Rule in Morocco - Colonialism and its Consequences (Hardcover): Moshe Gershovich French Military Rule in Morocco - Colonialism and its Consequences (Hardcover)
Moshe Gershovich
R4,201 Discovery Miles 42 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On 14 August 1844, French and Moroccan armies collided at the Battle of Isly, marking the beginning of Morocco's incorporation within the rising orbit of European imperialism. A hundred years later, French and Moroccan soldiers fought side by side for the liberation of France. When resisting foreign domination, Moroccans demonstrated the same endurance they had shown when serving the cause of the colonial power which had gained control over them. The 27-year-long French conquest of Morocco was one of the longest and toughest challenges in the annals of European colonialism. Once occupied, however, Morocco became the supplier of one of the finest contingents of colonial troops. Both sides of this intriguing equation form the substance of this book. It presents a comprehensive analysis of French colonial ideology and interest in Morocco and delineates the manner in which the agents of the protectorate regime sought to conquer the country and control its indigenous inhabitants.
Although focusing on a French military policy in Morocco, numerous comparative perspectives are offered placing the French policy towards Morocco in a wider context making this study relevant to not only North Africa, but also to other parts of the post-colonial world.

The Statecraft of British Imperialism - Essays in Honour of Wm Roger Louis (Paperback): Robert D. King, Robin Kison The Statecraft of British Imperialism - Essays in Honour of Wm Roger Louis (Paperback)
Robert D. King, Robin Kison
R1,538 Discovery Miles 15 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These stimulating essays reassess the meaning of British imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They are written by leading authorities in the field and range in scope from the aftermath of the American revolution to the liquidation of the British empire, from the Caribean to the Pacific, from Suez to Hong Kong.

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