Colonialism and imperialism

"e;The Vampire - His Kith and Kin"e; is a 1928 work by English clergyman and author Montague Summers.

The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts is Arthur Edward Waite's complete guide to ceremonial magic, exploring arcane folklore, occult rituals, and the history of esoteric practice.

This book contains all three volumes of Edmund Goldsmid's "e;The History of the Devils of Loudun"e;, which deals with the purported demonic possession, sexual repression, religious fanaticism, and mass hysteria that occurred in the small town of Loudun in 17th-century France.

An eclectic volume on the history of the supernatural in Britain and Ireland.

This authoritative military history chronicles the significant but overlooked colonial wars between the British and the Asante of West Africa.

In 1914 the British expedition to Mesopotamia set out with the modest ambition of protecting the oil concession in Southern Persia but, after numerous misfortunes, ended up capturing Baghdad and Northern Towns in Iraq.

In 1914 the British expedition to Mesopotamia set out with the modest ambition of protecting the oil concession in Southern Persia but, after numerous misfortunes, ended up capturing Baghdad and Northern Towns in Iraq.

The First World War brought peoples from five continents to support the British and French Allies on the Western Front.

The sector north of Ypres is best known for the inundation of much of the ground to the east of the Yser that acted as a block to the German advance in the autumn of 1914.

The sector north of Ypres is best known for the inundation of much of the ground to the east of the Yser that acted as a block to the German advance in the autumn of 1914.

Following in their best-selling series of Battlefield Guides this is a companion volume to the Holts Western Front South Guide.

Following in their best-selling series of Battlefield Guides this is a companion volume to the Holts Western Front South Guide.

11th November 1918 saw the signing of the armistice that ended fighting between the Allies and Germany.

So much has been written about the 1916 Battle of the Somme that it might appear that every aspect of the four-month struggle has been described and analyzed in exhaustive detail.

This is the story the British Expeditionary Forces part in the final days of the Advance to Victory.

This is the story the British Expeditionary Forces part in the final days of the Advance to Victory.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War.

The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War.

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten.

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten.

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The TimesIn August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces.

'Gorgeous, spellbinding and important' Sunday Times'Rampaging, brilliant, passionate history' Wall Street Journal'Magnificent Dalrymple has uncovered sources never used before' Guardian'Vivid unmatched revolutionary humane' Sunday Telegraph____________________________From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple, a four-book collection chronicling the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the East India Company.

Fanon, postcolonialism and the ethics of difference offers a new reading of Fanon's work challenging many of the reconstructions of Fanon in critical and postcolonial theory and in cultural studies, probing a host of crucial issues: the intersectionality of gender and colonial politics; the biopolitics of colonialism; Marxism and decolonisation; tradition, translation and humanism.

Fanon, postcolonialism and the ethics of difference offers a new reading of Fanon's work challenging many of the reconstructions of Fanon in critical and postcolonial theory and in cultural studies, probing a host of crucial issues: the intersectionality of gender and colonial politics; the biopolitics of colonialism; Marxism and decolonisation; tradition, translation and humanism.

Law across imperial borders offers new perspectives on the complex legal connections between Britain's presence in Western China in the western frontier regions of Yunnan and Xinjiang, and the British colonies of Burma and India.

Law across imperial borders offers new perspectives on the complex legal connections between Britain's presence in Western China in the western frontier regions of Yunnan and Xinjiang, and the British colonies of Burma and India.

Light was central to the visual politics and imaginative geographies of empire, even beyond its role as a symbol of knowledge and progress in post-Enlightenment narratives.

Light was central to the visual politics and imaginative geographies of empire, even beyond its role as a symbol of knowledge and progress in post-Enlightenment narratives.

Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe.

Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe.

This book offers the first comprehensive history of white workers from the end of the First World War to Zimbabwean independence in 1980.

This book offers the first comprehensive history of white workers from the end of the First World War to Zimbabwean independence in 1980.

This study explores the shared history of the French empire from the perspective of material culture in order to re-evaluate the participation of colonial, Creole, and indigenous agency in the construction of imperial spaces.

This study explores the shared history of the French empire from the perspective of material culture in order to re-evaluate the participation of colonial, Creole, and indigenous agency in the construction of imperial spaces.

Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped racial, national and imperial identities in the long nineteenth century.

Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped racial, national and imperial identities in the long nineteenth century.

Comic empires is a unique collection of new research exploring the relationship between imperialism and political cartoons, caricature, and satirical art.

Comic empires is a unique collection of new research exploring the relationship between imperialism and political cartoons, caricature, and satirical art.

With original case studies of a more than a dozen countries, Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia offers new perspectives on how both European monarchs who reigned over Asian colonies and Asian royal houses adapted to decolonisation.

With original case studies of a more than a dozen countries, Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia offers new perspectives on how both European monarchs who reigned over Asian colonies and Asian royal houses adapted to decolonisation.

This is a detailed study of the various ways in which London and India were imaginatively constructed by British observers during the nineteenth century.

This book analyses black Atlantic studies, colonial discourse analysis and postcolonial theory, providing paradigms for understanding imperial literature, Englishness and black transnationalism.

Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity.

This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the historian and public moralist E.

This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the historian and public moralist E.

Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century.

Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War - a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century.

This is the first account of Britain's plans for industrial development in its Caribbean colonies - something that historians have usually said Britain never contemplated.