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Steel to Stone - A Chronicle of Colonialism in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Hardcover): Jeffrey Clark Steel to Stone - A Chronicle of Colonialism in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Clark; Edited by Chris Ballard, Michael Nihill
R6,685 Discovery Miles 66 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book the late Jeffrey Clark subjects the history of colonialism among the Wiru of Papua New Guinea to a fresh and subtle examination. Colonized and colonizers alike are the focus of an analysis that draws upon theories of culture, temporality, discursive representation, and anthropology in the postcolonial era.

Yanihara Tadao and Japanese Colonial Policy - Redeeming Empire (Paperback): Susan C. Townsend Yanihara Tadao and Japanese Colonial Policy - Redeeming Empire (Paperback)
Susan C. Townsend
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first comprehensive analysis of the colonial writings of Yanaihara Tadao whose extensive commentary on Japanese and European colonial policy is remarkable not only for its scholarly integrity but also for its sheer breadth.

Thoughts on Indian Discontents (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Edwyn Bevan Thoughts on Indian Discontents (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Edwyn Bevan
R1,317 Discovery Miles 13 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1929, this title presents some reflections from one of the leading cultural commenters of his day, Edwyn Bevan, on the notoriously controversial subject of burgeoning Indian Nationalism during the twilight of the British Empire. Bevan's analysis of the peculiarities, tensions and divisive issues of the Indian situation as it existed at the end of the 1920s is of particular relevance today, as historians attempt to develop a nuanced and, as far as possible, objective account of the differing mentalities that proved so volatile. The argument proceeds with reference to a range of seemingly disparate topics: the difference between forward- and backward-looking nationalism, the physical well-being of the average Indian, and religious ethos, to name only three. This fascinating reissue will prove valuable to students of Indian and colonial history, British foreign policy and the politics of nationalism.

Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950 - Nationalism, Empire and State-Building (Paperback): Ooi Keat Gin Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950 - Nationalism, Empire and State-Building (Paperback)
Ooi Keat Gin
R1,674 Discovery Miles 16 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines Borneo, both British Borneo - Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo - and Dutch Borneo in the period 1945-1950. Borneo then was at the crossroads. Following the Japanese Occupation, the likely future status of the various Bornean territories was not at all clear, and the book discusses the various factions and powers, both local and international, who were contending for control in this period. It examines the effects of the Japanese surrender, the impact of the subsequent interregnum and Australian and British military administrations, the reassertion of Dutch control, the struggle for Indonesian independence, and movements for local autonomy, reassertion of ethnic rights, interests and identity. It charts developments throughout this volatile and uncertain period, up to the point at which the newly independent Republic of Indonesia emerged and a more settled period began.

Bonds of Empire - West Indians and Britishness from Victoria to Decolonization (Hardcover): Anne Spry Rush Bonds of Empire - West Indians and Britishness from Victoria to Decolonization (Hardcover)
Anne Spry Rush
R3,484 Discovery Miles 34 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the first half of the twentieth century Britishness was an integral part of the culture that pervaded life in the colonial Caribbean. Caribbean peoples were encouraged to identify with social structures and cultural values touted as intrinsically British. Many middle-class West Indians of colour duly adopted Britishness as part of their own identity. Yet, as Anne Spry Rush explains in Bonds of Empire, even as they re-fashioned themselves, West Indians recast Britishness in their own image, basing it on hierarchical ideas of respectability that were traditionally British, but also on more modern expectations of racial and geographical inclusiveness. Britain became the focus of an imperial British identity, an identity which stood separate from, and yet intimately related to, their strong feelings for their tropical homelands.
Moving from the heights of empire in 1900 to the independence era of the 1960s, Rush argues that middle-class West Indians used their understanding of Britishness first to establish a place for themselves in the British imperial world, and then to negotiate the challenges of decolonization. Through a focus on education, voluntary organization, the challenges of war, radio broadcasting, and British royalty, she explores how this process worked in the daily lives of West Indians in both the Caribbean and the British Isles. Bonds of Empire thus traces West Indians' participation in a complex process of cultural transition as they manipulated Britishness and their relationship to it not only as colonial peoples but also as Britons.

Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East - A Case Study of Iraq 1929-1941 (Hardcover): Daniel Silverfarb Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East - A Case Study of Iraq 1929-1941 (Hardcover)
Daniel Silverfarb; Foreword by Majid Khadduri
R3,744 Discovery Miles 37 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a penetrating account of Anglo-Iraqi relations from 1929, when Britain decided to grant independence to Iraq, to 1941, when hostilities between the two nations came to an end. Showing how Britain tried--and failed--to maintain its political influence, economic ascendancy, and strategic position in Iraq after independence, Silverfarb presents a suggestive analysis of the possibilities and limitations of indirect rule by imperial powers in the Third World. The book also tells of the rapid disintegration of Britain's dominance in the Middle East after World War I and portrays the struggle of a recently independent Arab nation to free itself from the lingering grip of a major European power.

Islam and Colonialism - Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia (Paperback): Will Myer Islam and Colonialism - Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia (Paperback)
Will Myer
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in a colonial relationship with Russia. Consequently, an anti-colonial revolution in Asia was seen as the greatest threat to the USSR. The book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding the region's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model, and examines how this one interpretation came to dominate western discourse to the virtual exclusion of all others.

Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization (Paperback): Linden Lewis Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization (Paperback)
Linden Lewis
R1,371 Discovery Miles 13 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years, political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the increasing economic vulnerabilities of the region have generated much popular and policy discussions over the attainability of these goals. The geo-political significance of the region, its growing importance as a major transshipment gateway for illegal drugs coming from Latin America to the United States, issues of national security, vulnerability to corruption, and increases in the level of violence and social disorder have all raised serious questions not only about the notions of sovereignty, democracy, and development but also about the long-term viability of these nations. This volume is intended to make a strategic intervention into the discourse on these important topics, but the importance of its contribution resides in its challenge to conventional wisdom on these matters, and the multidisciplinary approach it employs. Recognized experts in the field identify these concerns in the context of globalization, economic crises, and their impact on the Caribbean.

Connected Sociologies (Hardcover): Gurminder K Bhambra Connected Sociologies (Hardcover)
Gurminder K Bhambra
R4,227 Discovery Miles 42 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This book outlines what theory for a global age might look like, positing an agenda for consideration, contestation and discussion, and a framework for the research-led volumes that follow in the series. Gurminder K. Bhambra takes up the classical concerns of sociology and social theory and shows how they can be rethought through an engagement with postcolonial studies and decoloniality, two of the most distinctive critical approaches of the past decades.

Creating Tropical Yankees - Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908 (Paperback):... Creating Tropical Yankees - Social Science Textbooks and U.S. Ideological Control in Puerto Rico, 1898-1908 (Paperback)
Jose-Manuel Navarro
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

American Expansionism, 1783-1860 - A Manifest Destiny? (Hardcover): Mark Joy American Expansionism, 1783-1860 - A Manifest Destiny? (Hardcover)
Mark Joy
R4,556 Discovery Miles 45 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new Seminar Study surveys the history of U.S. territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until 1860. The book explores the concept of 'manifest destiny' and asks why, if expansion was 'manifest', there was such opposition to almost every expansionist incident. Paying attention to key themes often overlooked - Indian removal and the US government land sales policy, the book looks at both 'foreign' expansion such as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and the war with Mexico in the 1840s and 'internal' expansion as American settlers moved west . Finally, the book addresses the most recent historiographical trends in the subject and asks how Americans have dealt with the expansionist legacy.

The Commonwealth and International Affairs - The Round Table Centennial Selection (Paperback): Alex May The Commonwealth and International Affairs - The Round Table Centennial Selection (Paperback)
Alex May
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Round Table journal (now subtitled The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs) first appeared in 1910. The journal carried a number of articles recognised both by contemporaries and by historians as highly influential in the making of Commonwealth policy, including constitutional reform in India, the independence of southern Ireland, the League of Nations mandates system and the United Nations trusteeship system, British policy in East Asia, the building of the Anglo-American alliance, appeasement, decolonisation, and the transition to a new, multipolar Commonwealth. This book brings together excerpts from some of the key articles published over the last one hundred years and features leading figures including; Lionel Curtis and John Dove on Ireland, leading to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the creation of the Irish Free State, T.E. Lawrence on the Middle East, a key influence on post-1919 state creation in the Arab Middle East, Philip Kerr on India, galvanizing attempts at constitutional reform in British India. This selection provides a unique commentary on imperial/Commonwealth and international affairs and makes available to a new generation of scholars and students some of the articles now acknowledged as key influences in the evolution of British and Commonwealth policies. This collection of essays is intended as a companion volume to The Contemporary Commonwealth: An assessment 1965 - 2009, edited by James Mayall, marking the centenary of The Round Table.

The Critique of Coloniality - Eight Essays (Hardcover): Rita Segato The Critique of Coloniality - Eight Essays (Hardcover)
Rita Segato; Translated by Ramsey McGlazer
R4,472 Discovery Miles 44 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This translation of Rita Segato's seminal book La critica de la colonialidad en ocho ensayos offers an anthropological and critical perspective on the coloniality of power as theorized by the Peruvian thinker Anibal Quijano. Segato begins with an overview of Quijano's conceptual framework, emphasizing the power and richness of his theory and its relevance to a range of fields. Each of the seven subsequent chapters presents a scenario in which a persistent colonial structure or form of subjectivity can be identified. These essays address urgent issues of gender, sexuality, race and racism, and indigenous forms of life. They set the decolonial perspective to work, and are connected by two central preoccupations: the critical analysis of coloniality and the effort to reimagine anthropology as "responsive anthropology," a practice at once answerable and useful to the communities previously regarded as the "objects" of ethnographic thought. The Critique of the Coloniality makes important and original contributions to our understanding of colonial and decolonial processes, drawing on the author's experience of feminist and antiracist movements and struggles for indigenous and human rights. This book will appeal to students and scholars working in anthropology, Latin American studies, political theory, feminist and gender studies, indigenous studies, and anticolonial, post-colonial, and decolonial thought.

Dupleix and Clive - Beginning of Empire (Paperback): Henry Dodwell Dupleix and Clive - Beginning of Empire (Paperback)
Henry Dodwell
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 1967. This book is based principally upon the East India Company's records preserved under the author's care at Madras, the Bengal Records preserved at the India Office, and the Orme MSS., also preserved at the India Office.

International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Paperback): Robbie Sabel International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Paperback)
Robbie Sabel
R1,064 Discovery Miles 10 640 In Stock

Drawing upon Robbie Sabel's first-hand involvement with many legal negotiations in the Arab-Israeli conflict, International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict examines international law in relation to the conflict by analysing its major events and agreements, both historical and contemporary. Outlining the role of international law from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire until the present day, it considers the legal elements of the various peace treaties that Israel has signed with its neighbouring Arab States. Using his expertise as a professor, practitioner and ambassador, Sabel endeavours to represent both sides of the conflict, offering a wealth of counter-arguments and adding his own legal interpretations. With this valuable resource, students and researchers working within a range of disciplines can fully appreciate the role of international law in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Transformations on the Bengal Frontier - Jalpaiguri 1765-1948 (Paperback): Subhajyoti Ray Transformations on the Bengal Frontier - Jalpaiguri 1765-1948 (Paperback)
Subhajyoti Ray
R1,499 Discovery Miles 14 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An analysis of the socio-economic changes brought about by colonial rule in a frontier area of Bengal, Jalpaiguri. Challenging long established debates focused around the powers of dominant groups over a settled peasantry, this book broadens our perspective on the 18th century, promoting a deeper understanding of the change-over from the pre-colonial to the colonial era.

Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South - Kaleidoscopic Dialectic (Hardcover): Boike Rehbein Critical Theory After the Rise of the Global South - Kaleidoscopic Dialectic (Hardcover)
Boike Rehbein
R4,620 Discovery Miles 46 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After the end of Euro-American hegemony and the return of the multi-centric world, Eurocentrism in philosophy and the social sciences has come under attack. However, no real alternative has been proposed. This provides an opportunity to reassess the philosophy of the social sciences that has been developed in the West. This book argues that the re-emergence of a multi-centric world allows the Euro-centric social sciences in general, and critical theory in particular, to finally disengage from countless paradoxes and impasses by which they have heretofore been hindered. The author presents a solution in the form of the "kaleidoscopic dialectic." This dialectic is unique in that it is able to overcome the precarious dichotomy between universalism and relativism by relying on an original approach to the philosophy of science. With this approach, the focus is on the configurations embedded in the ethics of understanding, accommodation and learning and on their connections to broader social scientific critique. This book demands that the European social sciences make philosophical and methodological adaptations to the new realities of the social world by becoming more reflexive and, by extension, less Euro-centric.

The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman (Paperback): Nora Glickman The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman (Paperback)
Nora Glickman
R1,609 Discovery Miles 16 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Beyond Britain - Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (Paperback): Lars Jensen Beyond Britain - Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (Paperback)
Lars Jensen
R1,284 Discovery Miles 12 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Is Stuart Hall a Cultural Studies Scholar or a Postcolonial Scholar? Or is it better to engage with his work as an intellectual of both fields? Postwar Britain witnessed the concurrent evolution of two new intellectual movements which have since become institutionalised as two major academic fields of enquiry; Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Although both fields are enormously diverse they have developed a parallel focus around the place of individuals in terms of race, ethnicity, class and gender. Beyond Britain offers a history of the major ideas that have shaped the evolution of a shared space of inquiry in British Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies. It uses the work of Stuart Hall, a figure a uniquely well positioned in both fields, to offer a rich cultural-historical study of the evolution of both movements. It argues that the questions which both movements have continued to preoccupy themselves, are as relevant today as they were when they first originated, which was also a moment of challenging a conformist, exclusivist and self-sufficient nation s view of itself."

Defeating Mau Mau (Paperback): Louis Leakey Defeating Mau Mau (Paperback)
Louis Leakey
R1,606 Discovery Miles 16 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The second of two important books by Louis Leakey, the renowned expert on the Kikuyu tribe. This book examines the organisation of the Mau Mau movement, its propaganda, the nature of its religious aspects and its oaths and the mistakes its leaders made as well as covering chapters on necessary reforms to prevent further outbreaks of a similar nature.

Race and Racism in International Relations - Confronting the Global Colour Line (Hardcover): Alexander Anievas, Nivi Manchanda,... Race and Racism in International Relations - Confronting the Global Colour Line (Hardcover)
Alexander Anievas, Nivi Manchanda, Robbie Shilliam
R4,474 Discovery Miles 44 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

International Relations, as a discipline, does not grant race and racism explanatory agency in its conventional analyses, despite such issues being integral to the birth of the discipline. Race and Racism in International Relations seeks to remedy this oversight by acting as a catalyst for remembering, exposing and critically re-articulating the central importance of race and racism in International Relations. Focusing especially on the theoretical and political legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois's concept of the "colour line", the cutting edge contributions in this text provide an accessible entry point for both International Relations students and scholars into the literature and debates on race and racism by borrowing insights from disciplines such as history, anthropology and sociology where race and race theory figures more prominently; yet they also suggest that the field of IR is itself an intellectually and strategic field through which to further confront the global colour line. Drawing together a wide range of contributors, this much-needed text will be essential reading for students and scholars in a range of areas including Postcolonial studies, race/racism in world politics and international relations theory.

Beyond Britain - Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (Hardcover): Lars Jensen Beyond Britain - Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (Hardcover)
Lars Jensen
R3,625 Discovery Miles 36 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Is Stuart Hall a Cultural Studies Scholar or a Postcolonial Scholar? Or is it better to engage with his work as an intellectual of both fields? Postwar Britain witnessed the concurrent evolution of two new intellectual movements which have since become institutionalised as two major academic fields of enquiry; Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Although both fields are enormously diverse they have developed a parallel focus around the place of individuals in terms of race, ethnicity, class and gender. Beyond Britain offers a history of the major ideas that have shaped the evolution of a shared space of inquiry in British Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies. It uses the work of Stuart Hall, a figure a uniquely well positioned in both fields, to offer a rich cultural-historical study of the evolution of both movements. It argues that the questions which both movements have continued to preoccupy themselves, are as relevant today as they were when they first originated, which was also a moment of challenging a conformist, exclusivist and self-sufficient nation s view of itself."

Empire and Poetic Voice - Cognitive and Cultural Studies of Literary Tradition and Colonialism (Paperback): Patrick Colm Hogan Empire and Poetic Voice - Cognitive and Cultural Studies of Literary Tradition and Colonialism (Paperback)
Patrick Colm Hogan
R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 (Paperback): Dane Kennedy Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 (Paperback)
Dane Kennedy
R1,262 Discovery Miles 12 620 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Focusing on Britain and her empire, this up-to-date and accessible survey provides the ideal introduction for readers coming to the subject for the first time.
 
Covering both the economics and politics of expansion, and the social and cultural impact of empire, the study offers a synthesis of the enormous amount of literature available on the subject. The book is arranged chronologically, beginning with the imperial expansion which took place at the end of the nineteenth century, and finishing with the Second World War, the end of which saw Britain on the brink of decolonisation. Tracing developments throughout the British Empire including in Ireland, India, and Egypt, particular points of focus are the Anglo-Boer War, and the First World War which is presented as an 'imperial war'.
 
Constructing the Uzbek State - Narratives of Post-Soviet Years (Hardcover): Marlene Laruelle Constructing the Uzbek State - Narratives of Post-Soviet Years (Hardcover)
Marlene Laruelle; Contributions by Sergey Abashin, Peter Finke, Matteo Fumagalli, Alisher Ilkhamov, …
R3,322 Discovery Miles 33 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central Asia as a region, its economic and trade potential, and its demographic weight: every other Central Asian being Uzbek, Uzbekistan's political, social, and cultural evolutions largely exemplify the transformations of the region as a whole. And yet, more than 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, evaluating Uzbekistan's post-Soviet transformation remains complicated. Practitioners and scholars have seen access to sources, data, and fieldwork progressively restricted since the early 2000s. The death of President Islam Karimov, in power for a quarter of century, in late 2016, reopened the future of the country, offering it more room for evolution. To better grasp the challenges facing post-Karimov Uzbekistan, this volume reviews nearly three decades of independence. In the first part, it discusses the political construct of Uzbekistan under Karimov, based on the delineation between the state, the elite, and the people, and the tight links between politics and economy. The second section of the volume delves into the social and cultural changes related to labor migration and one specific trigger - the difficulties to reform agriculture. The third part explores the place of religion in Uzbekistan, both at the state level and in society, while the last part looks at the renegotiation of collective identities.

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