Colonialism and imperialism Books
Chicago Review Press William Walker's Wars: How One Man's Private
Book SynopsisIn the decade before the onset of the Civil War, groups of Americans engaged in a series of longshot—and illegal—forays into Mexico, Cuba, and other Central American countries in hopes of taking them over. These efforts became known as filibustering, and their goal was to seize territory to create new independent fiefdoms, which would ultimately be annexed by the still-growing United States. Most failed miserably. William Walker was the outlier. Short, slender, and soft-spoken with no military background—he trained as a doctor before becoming a lawyer and then a newspaper editor—Walker was an unlikely leader of rough-hewn men and adventurers. But in 1856 he managed to install himself as president of Nicaragua. Neighboring governments saw Walker as a risk to the region and worked together to drive him out—efforts aided, incongruously, by the United States’ original tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt.William Walker’s Wars is a story of greedy dreams and ambitions, the fate of nations and personal fortunes, and the dark side of Manifest Destiny, for among Walker’s many goals was to build his own empire based on slavery. This little-remembered story from US history is a cautionary tale for all who dream of empire.Trade Review"Scott Martelle has written a marvelous book that uncovers a little-known and dark corner of American history, when men like William Walker invaded sovereign countries to grab land and expand slavery. In this well-researched tale, Martelle exposes the deep roots of American imperialism and how one arrogant man, convinced of his superiority and bluster, wreaked havoc on Central America." Frances Dinkelspiel , author of Towers of Gold and Tangled Vines"William Walker was the ultimate illegal immigrant: a US citizen who wanted to be emperor of Latin Americaand actually seized control of Nicaragua, causing an international crisis. Scott Martelle's page-turning account draws on thorough research to tell the story of William Walker as it has never been told before." T. J. Stiles , winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America" William Walker's Wars offers a gripping account of a forgotten and troubling slice of American history. Scott Martelle knows how to tell a story. Using a great mass of source materials and a novelist's eye for detail, he superbly explores the complex truths of Manifest Destiny and human ambition." Jonathan Eig , author of Get Capone and Ali: A Life"Martelle presents a well-written and researched narrative, captivating in scope." Booklist"This mesmerizing cautionary tale is sure to fascinate armchair historians." -- Publishers Weekly"For an interesting look at a largely obscure part of United States history, this volume is highly recommended." -- New York Journal of Books"A fascinating biographyMr. Martelle, an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times, recounts Walker's expedition in such meticulously researched detail." --- The Wall Street Journal
£21.56
Other Press LLC An Honorable Exit
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Semiotext (E) Diego Garcia: A Novel
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£15.72
Catapult Airplane Mode
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of ExcellenceThis witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Airplane Mode, asks: what does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change?The conditions of travel have long been dictated by the color of passports and the color of skin.For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Tracing the power dynamics that underlie tourism, this insightful debut parses who gets to travel, and who gets to write about the experience. All the while, Habib threads the historic but ever-evolving dynamics of travel into her personal history as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom round trips are an annual fact of life.Woven throughout the book are inviting and playful analyses of obvious and not-so-obvious travel artifacts: passports, carousels, bougainvilleas, guidebooks, trains, the idea of wanderlust itself. Together, they tell a subversive history of travel as a Euro-American mode of consumerism—but as any traveler knows, travel is more than that. As an immigrant whose loved ones live across continents, Habib takes a deeply curious and joyful look at a troubled and beloved activity.
£11.69
NewSouth Publishing marramarra
£45.82
Baraka Books Songs Upon the Rivers: The Buried History of the
Book SynopsisBefore the Davie Crockets, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade and kin networks across the continent. They founded settlements that would become great cities such as Detroit, Saint Louis, and New Orleans, but their history has been largely buried or relegated to local lore or confined to Quebec. In this seminal work, Foxcurran, Bouchard, and Malette Scrutinize primary sources and uncover the alliances, organic links and métissage, or mixing, between early French settlers and voyageurs and the indigenous nations. It began with the founding of New France by Samuel de Champlain in the early 1600s and continued well into the 19th century long after France was no longer a force in North America. The authors' keen and accessible story telling, combined with vintage maps, forgotten documents (such as the little known writings of Alexis de Tocqueville), and old photos or paintings propel the account of the peoples engendered and still thriving, their French lingua franca, and their ways of life back into the heart of the narrative of North American history where they belong. Songs Upon the Rivers also challenges historical orthodoxies regarding the Canadien Métis. These descendants of the French with mixed ancestry developed a hybrid culture with close kinship ties with indigenous peoples across the continent. They kept their French songs and language, which effectively made French the lingua franca of the American and Canadian West well into the 19th century.Trade ReviewThis new work explores a fascinating and under-explored area of North American civilization: the history of the French 'Canadiens' and Métis . . . not overly 'jargony' . . . it will appeal to anyone with a strong interest in French North America but uncomfortable with academic terminology . . . refreshing scholarship that adds value, Highly Recommended." —James LaForest, Voyageur Heritage"Songs Upon the Rivers continues to break through the barriers of sugar-coated and watered down standard depictions of early Canadian history ensuring that even the most sinister stories of our past will finally be told. With each copy that is sold readers are rejecting the rosy veneer of revisionism and demanding factual honesty as the basis of Canada's national identity . . . The book boasts a rich array of unearthed photographs and archived maps giving the reader a vivid visual perspective of the history unfolding on the page." —Regan Treewater, Alberta Native News"Foxcurran, Bouchard, and Malette are serious researchers; they consulted published primary sources (from the Internet) and secondary publications written in both French and English. French traders, the authors argue, were not only indefatigable explorers, they were also brokers of a hybrid culture with indigenous people, which became so strong that it remained dominant on the Pacific Northwest frontier until the middle of the 19th century . . . the writing, maps, historic images, and excellent index happily extend our understanding of the Canadien and Métis cultures." —Robert C. Carriker, Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History"This book is a major undertaking from three authors who are diverse in their interests and experience . . . . Songs Upon the Rivers is a valuable contribution, illuminating areas of North American Canadien and Métis history that have lingered too long in the shadows of larger national narratives." —Jennifer S.H. Brown, Canada's History
£27.96
Fonthill Media Ltd The Grandest Larceny: The Foundation of Israel
Book SynopsisA unique event-the handing over of an entire country by another that did not own it, to a people who simply laid claim to it by virtue of their myths and traditions-happened in 1917 when the British 'gave' Palestine to the Jews via the Balfour Declaration. The Palestinian Arabs never accepted the theft of their land but have been powerless to resist the weight of support for the Jews given by the most powerful nations. Despite the foundation of Israel in 1948, the region has been plagued by wars, injustice, and a vast refugee 'problem' which has dominated the lives of millions. Today, the future of the Palestinians is dire and seemingly inevitable. In this thorough new examination, J. E. Thomas delves deep into the foundations of the issue, analysing the Zionist claim to the Holy Land in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and their ruthless campaign to dispossess Palestinian Arabs-a campaign that continues to this day.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; A Note on Spelling and Quotations; Introduction; Myths and the Makers of Myths; The Political Art of Lies and Ambiguity: The McMahon Letters and the Sykes-Picot Agreement; After Balfour: 'The document is undoubtedly the starting point of the whole trouble'; Escalation: 'The Mandate ... itself had lighted the fire'; The British Government Disregards the Law: 'No one can give what they don't have: nemo dat quod non habet'; The Israeli Prime Minister Sets the Goal: 'And if dozens of Arabs get killed-that's exactly what we want'; Terrorism, Violence, and the Expansion of the State; New Lamps For Old? The Treatment of Palestinians and the 'New Antisemitism'; Glossary; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
£33.25
Verso Books Land Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism
Book SynopsisTo the governments and corporations that are currently buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is called "land leasing." To its critics this new era of colonization is nothing more than "land grabbing." In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile soil are being stolen to feed the wealthy thousands of miles away, journalist Stefano Liberti takes us from a Dutch-owned model farm in Ethiopia to an international conference in Riyadh, where representatives of Third World governments compete to attract the interest of Saudi investors; from institutional and commercial meetings in Rome to the headquarters of the Landless Workers' Movement in São Paulo.Trade ReviewExemplary reportage ... accurate, engaged, honest. * Corriere della Sera, in praise of A Sud Di Lampedusa *Liberti writes with the curiosity and passion of the great journalists of the past. * Internazionale, in praise of A Sud Di Lampedusa *
£17.39
Four Courts Press Ltd Sport and leisure in the Irish and British
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£40.50
Random House Australia Batavia
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£19.99
George F. Thompson Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on
Book SynopsisOccupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land is an art book that engages with history. Featuring photographs of dwellings and vernacular structures found in rural Massachusetts, the book is a meditation on the human occupation of land, with an emphasis on the long presence of Indigenous people and the waves of settlement by people from other countries that began during the early 1600s and continues today.Utilizing a muted color palette, Matthews's photographs of both structures and historical markers are subtle and haunting. They suggest the presence of histories, embedded in the landscape but often invisible. Although the book is focused on Massachusetts, it implicitly raises larger issues of settlement and nationhood. How did the United States of America come to occupy its land? How is this story told? As a longtime occupant/occupier of Massachusetts herself, Matthews aims to understand more deeply the land on which she lives.The main text of the book comes from photographs of historic markers, which were installed around the state at different times by different interest groups. The words on these markers describe early relations between Indigenous people and largely English settlers, from diverse points of view. In this way, the book explores how difficult histories are written and how they change over time. Concluding essays by Indigenous activist David Brule and poet Suzanne Gardinier provide important perspectives as well, connecting the past and future. Occupying Massachusetts is a moving story whose message will be appreciated for years to come.Trade ReviewAnother entry in the lengthening line up of publisher George F. Thompson's output, which spans decades and includes some of the best books about places out there. * The Lay of the Land Newsletter *[A]n eloquent album of images of ordinary structures and historical sites around the state—accompanied by information about the human history associated with each before the Pilgrims… All the more powerful for the modesty of the presentation. * Harvard Magazine 04/01/2023 *Your book is marvellous – great pictures and moving and poignant in concept. It provides much to think about, and I hope that many people will see and learn from it. * Keith F. Davis, author of The Origins of American Photography; former senior curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art *…a meditation on how histories are written, and how they can change over time. [Matthews] photographs a wide range of structures — crumbling old houses, woodpiles, sheds, gravestones and stone walls — as a means of looking at how Native peoples who first lived on these lands were pushed aside by white colonists. * Daily Hampshire Gazette 16/11/2022 *
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Brepols N.V. Colonial Congo: A History in Questions
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Harrassowitz To Give Publicity to Our Thoughts: Journale
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£71.25
Harrassowitz Owned and Conducted Entirely by the Native
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£82.65
Harrassowitz Fa'a Siamani: Germany in Micronesia, New Guinea
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Harrassowitz Jahrbuch Fur Europaische Uberseegeschichte 19
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Harrassowitz Every Day Life in Early Colonial Rwanda: Insights
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£50.00
Dietrich Reimer Atlas Der Abwesenheit: Kameruns Kulturerbe in
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£56.05
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Networks of Knowledge: Epistemic Entanglement
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£65.55
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Mission Und Dekoloniale Perspektive: Der Erste
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£86.00
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Mission Afrika: Geschichtsschreibung Uber Grenzen
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£139.00
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Entgrenzte Gewalt in Der Kolonialen Peripherie:
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£74.25
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Mission ALS Theologisches Labor: Koloniale
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£102.00
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Russlands Traum von Amerika: Die
Book SynopsisVon imperialen Utopien zu gelebten Wirklichkeiten: Imperiale Expansionsprozesse werden meist eurozentrisch und linear dargestellt. Europäische Großreiche, so die gängige Lesart, eigneten sich unter Rückgriff auf ambivalente Kulturmodelle und technologischen Fortschritt weite Teile der außereuropäischen Welt an. Die Studie der Kolonialgeschichte Alaskas im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert nimmt dagegen einen Perspektivwechsel vor. Die Positionen der Machtzentren Sankt Petersburg und Washington, D.C. werden ergänzt um die Erlebnis- und Vorstellungswelten der unmittelbaren Träger kolonialer Expansion: der russischen Kolonisten in Alaska. Das Bild des kolonialen Alaskas wird so neu interpretiert. An die Stelle von vermeintlicher zivilisatorischer Überlegenheit und imperialer Rhetorik treten Unsicherheit, Unterversorgung, Konkurrenz, Angst und Gefahr.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Europa und die Schlafkrankheit: Koloniale
Book SynopsisZu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts verwüsteten Epidemien der Schlafkrankheit weite Teile der europäischen Kolonialgebiete in Afrika. Diese akute Krise in den Krankheitsgebieten setzte eine ganze Reihe von Entwicklungen in Gang, deren Reichweite sich keineswegs auf den afrikanischen Kontinent beschränkte. Während in den Kolonien Zwangsuntersuchungen und -behandlungen der afrikanischen Bevölkerung eingeführt, Verkehrswege kontrolliert und ganze Landstriche evakuiert und umgestaltet wurden, formierte sich in Europa die Tropenmedizin als avantgardistisches Projekt an einer Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik. Stellte die Konfrontation mit der Krankheit die Kolonialmächte zwar vor massive Schwierigkeiten, so öffnete sie gleichzeitig ein koloniales Experimentierfeld für Biomedizin, Pharma-Industrie und Administrationen. Die Studie beschreibt die Entstehung dieses neuen Forschungs- und Interventionsfeldes als eine europäische Verflechtungsgeschichte. Was sagen die Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Krankheit über die imperiale Prägung moderner Biomedizin? Welche Dynamiken kolonialer Herrschaft und internationaler Politik lassen sich an ihnen ablesen? Anhand dieser Fragen öffnet die Studie das Thema nicht nur für medizinhistorische Zugriffe, sondern auch für aktuelle Fragen der Global- und Zeitgeschichte.
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V&R unipress GmbH Österreich-Ungarns imperiale Herausforderungen:
Book SynopsisÖsterreich-Ungarn lässt sich nur verstehen, wenn nationale Lebenswelten mit politischen, militärischen, wirtschaftlichen und künstlerischen Beispielen der imperialen Herrschaft verglichen werden. Die Autorinnen und Autoren verbinden theoretische Überlegungen zu Österreich-Ungarn als Imperium bzw. Kolonialmacht mit der Analyse konkreter Beispiele der imperialen Herrschaftspraxis. Ein besonderer Fokus gilt dabei Städten als Laboratorien gebauter, intellektueller und gesellschaftlicher Diskurse über imperiale und koloniale Vorstellungen. Der vorliegende Band präsentiert damit Antworten auf die Frage, wie ein Imperium überhaupt mit den andauernden Herausforderungen von innen und außen umgehen und seine eigene Existenz sichern kann. The book combines theoretical reflections on Austria-Hungary as an empire and colonial power with the analysis of concrete political, military, economic and artistic examples of imperial rule, which come to fore in particular by comparison. A special focus is on cities as laboratories of built, intellectual and social discourses on imperial and colonial ideas. This volume presents answers to the question of how an empire can handle the ongoing challenges from inside and outside and secure its own existence.
£74.62
V&R Unipress Verwobene Geschichte - Verflochtenes Gedachtnis?:
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£64.22
Sternberg Press The White West
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