Colonialism and imperialism

Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World is a collection of essays on the cities of the Portuguese empire written by the leading scholars in the field.

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives.

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives.

Taking up the understudied relationship between the cultural history of childhood and media studies, this volume traces twentieth-century migrations of the child-savage analogy from colonial into postcolonial discourse across a wide range of old and new media.

Taking up the understudied relationship between the cultural history of childhood and media studies, this volume traces twentieth-century migrations of the child-savage analogy from colonial into postcolonial discourse across a wide range of old and new media.

Listening to what she terms 'unruly pirate voices' in early modern English literature, in this study Claire Jowitt offers an original and compelling analysis of the cultural meanings of 'piracy'.

Listening to what she terms 'unruly pirate voices' in early modern English literature, in this study Claire Jowitt offers an original and compelling analysis of the cultural meanings of 'piracy'.

These 15 articles follow on from those in The Global Opportunity in that they examine how and why the Europeans expanded worldwide.

These 15 articles follow on from those in The Global Opportunity in that they examine how and why the Europeans expanded worldwide.

This volume aims to clarify the context for the expansion of Western Europe by focusing on what had been the greatest power in early medieval Europe, the Byzantine empire, and on the continuing strengths and expansion of the Orthodox world.

This volume aims to clarify the context for the expansion of Western Europe by focusing on what had been the greatest power in early medieval Europe, the Byzantine empire, and on the continuing strengths and expansion of the Orthodox world.

This volume presents a selection of the key studies in which leading scholars since the beginning of the 20th century attempt to explain the phenomenally rapid expansion of the early Islamic state during the 7th century CE.

This volume presents a selection of the key studies in which leading scholars since the beginning of the 20th century attempt to explain the phenomenally rapid expansion of the early Islamic state during the 7th century CE.

In The French in the Pacific World Annick Foucrier has brought together an important set of studies on the French presence in the Pacific up to the start of the 20th century.

In The French in the Pacific World Annick Foucrier has brought together an important set of studies on the French presence in the Pacific up to the start of the 20th century.

This book explores the social history of colonial Bombay in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, a pivotal time in its emergence as a modern metropolis.

This book explores the social history of colonial Bombay in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, a pivotal time in its emergence as a modern metropolis.

Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades.

Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades.

British military history in India has been amply documented, but From Sepoy to Subedar by Sita Ram is the only published account by an Indian soldier of his experiences serving in the East India Company's Army.

Postcolonial theories have transformed literary, historical and cultural studies over the past three decades.

Postcolonial theories have transformed literary, historical and cultural studies over the past three decades.

The need to study the effects of technology and science in development has been increasingly emphasized in recent years.

The need to study the effects of technology and science in development has been increasingly emphasized in recent years.

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In India, in the second half of the twentieth century, there was a vastly increased concern for the welfare of children.

In India, in the second half of the twentieth century, there was a vastly increased concern for the welfare of children.

British military history in India has been amply documented, but From Sepoy to Subedar by Sita Ram is the only published account by an Indian soldier of his experiences serving in the East India Company's Army.

This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900.

This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900.

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves.

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves.

Law and identification transgressed political boundaries in the nineteenth-century Levant.

Law and identification transgressed political boundaries in the nineteenth-century Levant.

International relations theory has broadened out considerably since the end of the Cold War.

International relations theory has broadened out considerably since the end of the Cold War.

Adam Kuper's iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of "e;primitive society"e; is a western myth.

Adam Kuper's iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of "e;primitive society"e; is a western myth.

Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial economic importance to Britain's empire, those responsible for administering the colonies were often not at all interested in or supportive of commercial ventures, as this book demonstrates.

Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial economic importance to Britain's empire, those responsible for administering the colonies were often not at all interested in or supportive of commercial ventures, as this book demonstrates.

Although civilian internment has become associated with the Second World War in popular memory, it has a longer history.

Although civilian internment has become associated with the Second World War in popular memory, it has a longer history.

Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.

Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal.

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal.

Archetypal Grief: Slavery's Legacy of Intergenerational Child Loss is a powerful exploration of the intergenerational psychological effects of child loss as experienced by women held in slavery in the Americas and of its ongoing effects in contemporary society.

Archetypal Grief: Slavery's Legacy of Intergenerational Child Loss is a powerful exploration of the intergenerational psychological effects of child loss as experienced by women held in slavery in the Americas and of its ongoing effects in contemporary society.

The central problem to which this book, first published in 1984, is addressed is the transformation of agrarian structure as it historically evolved in India.