The Russian Empire 1450-1801 surveys early modern Russia as an “empire of difference,” that is, the government ruled the empire primarily by tolerating the great cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of its subject peoples.
Bei seiner Rückkehr in die Heimat sucht Max Lobe im Bassa-Wald die alte Frau Mâ Maliga auf, um von ihr zu erfahren, was sie über die Unabhängigkeitsbewegung in Kamerun und deren Anführer Ruben Um Nyobè weiß.
This book reveals how today's devastating conflicts across Gaza, Syria, and the broader Middle East represent imperialism in its most destructive form.
This book examines reasons for the ongoing growth of British schools in Asia and what the appeal of British education tells us about the past, present and future directions of the sector.
This book examines reasons for the ongoing growth of British schools in Asia and what the appeal of British education tells us about the past, present and future directions of the sector.
It is now more than seventy years since the creation of the state of Israel, yet its origins and the British Empire's historic responsibility for Palestine remain little known.
The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its 'Asian Tiger' economic miracle - and the looming threat of invasion by China.
A Metropolitan History of the Dutch Empire: Popular Imperialism in The Netherlands, 1850-1940 examines popular imperial culture in the Netherlands around the turn of the twentieth century.
A Metropolitan History of the Dutch Empire: Popular Imperialism in The Netherlands, 1850-1940 examines popular imperial culture in the Netherlands around the turn of the twentieth century.
Originally published in 1969 this was the first full study of British reactions to the major civil war known as the Taiping Rebellion which ravaged China in the mid-nineteenth century.
Originally published in 1969 this was the first full study of British reactions to the major civil war known as the Taiping Rebellion which ravaged China in the mid-nineteenth century.
First published in 1935, Modern Production Among Backward Peoples (now with a new foreword by Barbara Ingham) stands as a groundbreaking early contribution to development economics.
First published in 1934, Economic and Social Aspects of Crime in India analyses the rise of crime in India at a time when ancient rural civilisation was transitioning to modern urban and industrial conditions.
Situated fatefully between the peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and the waters of the Caspian Sea, the republic of Azerbaijan's journey to modern statehood has been an eventful one, influenced by the great empires and cultures of world history.
Originally published in 1961, this masterly study of the guns used by the rivals in the Armada campaign remains an essential contribution to the understanding of the event, for it gave a new perspective to the whole battle.
Originally published in 1959, this volume covers the history of the Service which has been through the centuries the first, and often the last line of British defence, and the spearhead of Britian's imperial expansion.
First published in 1934, Economic and Social Aspects of Crime in India analyses the rise of crime in India at a time when ancient rural civilisation was transitioning to modern urban and industrial conditions.
First published in 1954, The Transfer of Power in India: 1945-7 offers a detailed account of the pivotal events leading to India's Independence and Partition.
First published in 1954, The Transfer of Power in India: 1945-7 offers a detailed account of the pivotal events leading to India's Independence and Partition.
Originally published in 1959, this volume covers the history of the Service which has been through the centuries the first, and often the last line of British defence, and the spearhead of Britian's imperial expansion.
Originally published in 1961, this masterly study of the guns used by the rivals in the Armada campaign remains an essential contribution to the understanding of the event, for it gave a new perspective to the whole battle.
First published in 1935, Modern Production Among Backward Peoples (now with a new foreword by Barbara Ingham) stands as a groundbreaking early contribution to development economics.
Situated fatefully between the peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and the waters of the Caspian Sea, the republic of Azerbaijan's journey to modern statehood has been an eventful one, influenced by the great empires and cultures of world history.
First published in 1936, The Hindu-Muslim Problem in India is an attempt to analyse in a non-technical manner for the general reader some of the causes of Hindu-Muslim conflict.
First published in 1936, The Hindu-Muslim Problem in India is an attempt to analyse in a non-technical manner for the general reader some of the causes of Hindu-Muslim conflict.
Drawing on Jeffrey Schnapp's conceptual framework, this book examines political exhibitions organised by the Portuguese Estado Novo between 1934 and 1940 as spaces where regimes manipulated national history to legitimise their authority, crafting myths of origin and narratives of national pride.
This book examines how the Iberian empires of the early-modern period were structured around population control, segregation, and racial policies rather than nation-state characteristics.
This critical text proposes new ways of conceptualizing Black womanhood by challenging plantation patriarchal culture and its binary constructions, and methods of Black heterosexual coupling.
With this book, Bernd Reiter reflects on over three decades of research on race, exclusion, inequality, white supremacy, and the defense of privilege in Brazil to explore how social hierarchies, honor, and dignity perpetuate systemic disparities in Latin America.
This volume is the first extended investigation of the classicism of Jose Rizal (1861-1896), the de facto national hero of the Philippines, and explores how Greco-Roman antiquity was harnessed by Rizal and other Philippine artists and thinkers at the end of the Spanish colonial period.
This book examines the remarkably preserved Soca/Isonzo Front battlefield, exploring how its material heritage has shaped World War I (WW1) remembrance across changing political regimes along the Italian-Slovenian border.
This book examines the remarkably preserved Soca/Isonzo Front battlefield, exploring how its material heritage has shaped World War I (WW1) remembrance across changing political regimes along the Italian-Slovenian border.
Amidst rising global inequality, intensifying geopolitical frictions, and the renewed force of colonial logics, this volume offers a critical interrogation of coloniality, decolonial practices, global capitalism, and the technologies of governance that entrench social and environmental injustice.
