National liberation and independence

The First World War threw the imperial order into crisis.

"e;On the Edge of Empire"e; is a well-written, carefully researched, and persuasively argued book that delineates the centrality of race and gender in the making of colonial and national identities, and in the re-writing of Canadian history as colonial history.

First published in 1992, Subject to Others considers the intersection between late seventeenth- to early nineteenth-century British female writers and the colonial debate surrounding slavery and abolition.

Williams traces the South West Africa People''s Organization of Namibia across three decades in exile in Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola.

This book shows that the connected histories of decolonization and globalization concern the practices of individuals and movements as much as they do the ideologies of states, institutions and organizations.

This book presents a comprehensive portrait of how Indians conceived of the idea of India.

Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

Winner of the 2010 James M.

An exploration of the Zapatista project, from its conception to the present.

The essays in this volume range from questions of cultural self-representation in China to more general problems of reconceptualizing global relationships in response to contemporary changes.

Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom.

History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.

North Africa differs from the Middle East in several significant ways.

Klaus Manns vollständiges Drehbuch "Der Kaplan" wird gerahmt von Originalbeiträgen zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Film und Drehbuch, zu den verwickelten deutsch-italienischen Beziehungen und zum Zusammenspiel von Krieg und Kino.

Mahmoud Darwish is the poet laureate of the Palestinian national struggle.

This book explores a collective understanding of the perception and treatment of borders in Africa.

The Life and Times of Chinua Achebe introduces readers to the life, literary works, and times of arguably the most widely-read African novelist of recent times, an icon, both in continental Africa and abroad.

Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi constitute the key pillars of Indian nationalist thought.

British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell (1930) examines British colonial administration during the administrations of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell.

The Arab theatre and cinema are among the most neglected subjects in the studies of Oriental literature and research into the history of theatre.

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

In November 1965, Ian Smith's white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking with Great Britain.

British Policy Towards the Indian States (1982) examines the concept of indirect rule in terms of both its application and consequences in the princely states of India during the first four decades of the twentieth century.

The book reveals how mid-twentieth-century African, Caribbean, Irish, and British poets profoundly affected each other in person and in print.

Dissenters and Mavericks reinvigorates the interdisciplinary study of literature, history, and politics through an approach to reading that allows the voices heard in writing a chance to talk back, to exert pressure on the presuppositions and preferences of a wide range of readers.

In the first half of the twentieth century Britishness was an integral part of the culture that pervaded life in the colonial Caribbean.

The calling to parish ministry involves a journey leading through lowland thickets and high plateau vistas.

A novel, far-reaching analysis of contemporary history and politics in East Africa, focusing on the crisis in the region''s postcolonial political order.

Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbours, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century.

Capitalism and Colonial Production (1982) examines the ways in which capitalism has transformed the societies it came to dominate, and the link between colonialism and capitalism.

This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East.

This book, first published in 1986, examines the literature on administration, human resources and development in the Arab world.

British Paternalism and Africa (1978) is a study of the beliefs and assumptions of members of the British intelligentsia who concerned themselves with British-African politics in the period between the wars.

On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence.

This book presents a unique array of insights into Hong Kong's transition to China since the 1 July 1997 handover, from several perspectives around the region.

Persistent international conflicts, increasing inequality in many regions or the world, and acute environmental and climate-related threats to humanity call for a better understanding of the processes, actors and tools available to face the challenges of achieving global justice.

Bangladesh is a country of paradoxes.

Decolonisation is a term which has become a modern day buzzword as we look to understand the influences of the systemic structures of oppression which have molded all of our identities, yet, in the worlds of counselling and psychotherapy there has been a struggle to understand what this term means in regard to our profession.

In April 1955, twenty-nine countries from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East came together for a diplomatic conference in Bandung, Indonesia, intending to define the direction of the postcolonial world.

This book captures and reveals the intriguing complexities of daily life in Mexico, from its artistic pursuits to its political and economic patterns.

'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched.