Colonialism and imperialism

Examines the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality through the history of transgender Hijras in north India.

A fully annotated scholarly edition of the political writings of William Penn (1644-1718), an influential theorist of liberty of conscience.

Interrogates the explosive potential of revolutionary anti-colonial ''afterlives'' in contemporary Indian politics and society.

Offers a thorough examination of Afro-Barbadian migration to Liberia during the mid- to late nineteenth century.

Argues that North American settler colonialism included episodes of genocide of Indigenous peoples as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

Decolonial Politics in European Peripheries: Redefining Progressiveness, Coloniality and Transition Efforts is a timely contribution to the project of theorizing "e;Europe"e; through decolonial perspectives on the Left, as the European and global crisis has prompted new reflections on what it means to sit still at the European "e;peripheries"e;.

This book examines the most recent outmigration waves from Hong Kong (HK), a city experiencing drastic social changes since 2019, the year when it witnessed a series of social protests.

Memories of the Mongol Empire loomed large in fourteenth-century Eurasia.

This pioneering history of the Dutch Empire provides a new comprehensive overview of Dutch colonial expansion.

Explores how the British Empire responded to the environmental challenges of the world''s largest tidal delta.

This pioneering history of the Dutch Empire provides a new comprehensive overview of Dutch colonial expansion.

Explores the ways linguistic nationalism has enabled and deepened the reach of All-India nationalism.

The first English translation of the field-defining work in Brazilian studies ethnohistory by the late John M.

The first English translation of the field-defining work in Brazilian studies ethnohistory by the late John M.

This significant reassessment of Jacobean political culture reveals how colonizing America transformed English civility in early seventeenth-century England.

This significant reassessment of Jacobean political culture reveals how colonizing America transformed English civility in early seventeenth-century England.

Examines the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality through the history of transgender Hijras in north India.

Raza traces the anti-colonial struggles of Indian revolutionaries in the context of Communist Internationalism during the last decades of the British Raj.

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

Offers a new perspective on the making of colonial education and the history of modern schooling in India.

A landmark study of republican discourse in sixteenth-century Poland-Lithuania and its original contribution to early modern republicanism.

Examines the politicisation of empathy across the British empire during the nineteenth century and traces its legacies into the present.

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia.

Explores the primary modes by which rulers have exercised power and shaped political relations in Timor-Leste.

An introduction to African history and politics since decolonization, emphasising the political, economic and socio-economic diversity of the continent.

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.

An introduction to African history and politics since decolonization, emphasising the political, economic and socio-economic diversity of the continent.

Challenges preconceptions of convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion.

Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Examines how black intermediaries in colonial Spanish America influenced written portrayals of virtuous and beautiful blackness.

Looks at German global entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.

A path-breaking study of national, imperial and indigenous interests at stake in a controversial German expedition to British India.

Panoramic, transnational history of the Falklands War and its imperial dimensions, which explores how a minor squabble mushroomed into war.

A provocative, breath-taking, and concise relational history of colonialism over the past 500 years, from the dawn of the New World to the twenty-first century.

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more ''lawful'' than generally assumed.

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more ''lawful'' than generally assumed.

Panoramic, transnational history of the Falklands War and its imperial dimensions, which explores how a minor squabble mushroomed into war.

Examines how black intermediaries in colonial Spanish America influenced written portrayals of virtuous and beautiful blackness.

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century.

Examines the contested process of colonial education in the Philippines in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War.

Raza traces the anti-colonial struggles of Indian revolutionaries in the context of Communist Internationalism during the last decades of the British Raj.

A provocative, breath-taking, and concise relational history of colonialism over the past 500 years, from the dawn of the New World to the twenty-first century.

The end of empire in Britain itself is illuminated through explorations of its impact on key domestic institutions.

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia.

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century.

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

Examines the contested process of colonial education in the Philippines in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War.

Memories of the Mongol Empire loomed large in fourteenth-century Eurasia.

At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy.

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.