Colonialism and imperialism

September 1914, and the whole of Europe was at war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his beloved wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914.

Into the Blue is widely regarded as a literary classic.

Karl Bodenschatz was the Richthofen squadron adjutant.

Portugal was the first colonial power to arrive in Africa and the last to leave.

It was close to the small southern Belgian town of Mons that the shooting war began or the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914.

Empire building in British India was inseparably tied to the processes of frontier-making and the creation of boundaries.

War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia explores how three Southeast Asian countries- the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore-have utilized war memorialization in their nation-building efforts.

This is the first of a two volume series covering early twentieth century colonial campaigns in Africa, Asia and the Americas, ranging from Mexico and the Philippines to Africa and the North West Frontier.

On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the oldest African nationalist organisation on the continent, celebrated its one hundredth anniversary.

On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the oldest African nationalist organisation on the continent, celebrated its one hundredth anniversary.

Indian Diaspora in the Persian Gulf States focuses on the historical as well as the contemporary aspects of the Indian diaspora of the region where small Indian merchant communities called Banians already existed for centuries.

On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history.

Jamestown Colony is an authoritative and thorough treatment of all aspects of life in Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the New World.

This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology.

This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology.

Washington's expansion of the War on Terror to the African continent substantiated claims that the U.

Washington's expansion of the War on Terror to the African continent substantiated claims that the U.

This is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources.

This is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources.

This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society.

In a period of vast global restructuring, unrestricted capital has eroded the traditional distinctions between nations and nationhood.

This book is a a critical examination of the role that immigrant intellectuals play in facilitating the global domination of American imperialism.

Over a millennium after the end of its unrivalled dominance, the spectre of Rome figures highly in western culture.

This book brings together leading critics to explore the work of CLR James, the world-famous Caribbean intellectual.

Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience.

Why did the invasion of Iraq result in the destruction of culture and murder of intellectuals?

This book lays out a comprehensive vision for a new world order based on cooperation between the developing world and leading Left countries in Latin America.

The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians is not unique, whatever the media may suggest.

This book examines the relationship between US hegemony and contemporary globalisation.

Examining the broad contexts of US foreign policy and the lingering aftermath of the Vietnam War, David Ryan argues that these events created an opportunistic framing of 9/11, paving the way for the long-held neo-conservative desire for regime change and war in Iraq.

Ancient, medieval and modern, this book is a critical account of the historical, political and cultural roots of Zionism.

This book describes the genesis of America's political and financial domination.

This book is a history of Israel's expansionist policies, focusing on the period from the June War of 1967 to the present day.

Medicine has always been a significant tool of an empire.

After centuries of colonial domination and a twentieth century riddled with dictatorships, indigenous peoples in Bolivia embarked upon a social and political struggle that would change the country forever.

This oral history presents the firsthand stories and memories of Britain's last living WWI veterans-complete with then and now photographs.

Using the veterans own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top.

This text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier, which in the late 1990s forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

'A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge.

'A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge.

In this book, Zillah Eisenstein continues her unforgiving indictment of neoliberal imperial politics.

In this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing world's most famous thinkers reflects on the times we live in.

In this highly controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is and should be defined.

In this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing world's most famous thinkers reflects on the times we live in.

In this book, Zillah Eisenstein continues her unforgiving indictment of neoliberal imperial politics.

In der Biografie des Gründers des weltberühmten Hamburger Tropeninstituts verdichten sich Kolonialismus, Nationalismus und modernes Gesundheitsmanagement.

The Museum Movement provides the first systematic overview of the 'museum movement' of the early twentieth century, which encouraged museums to play a greater role in education and civic uplift.

This book considers the importance of African values, not only in catalysing development, but in sustaining it.

This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies.

The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population.