Colonialism and imperialism Books

Book SynopsisThis book begins with the conquest of Cuba by the Spanish Conquistadores, and the annihilation of the Indian population despite its heroic struggles. It then analyzes the economic social and cultural development of Cuba from 1520 to 1808. This is followed by an analysis of the role of Cuba in the Latin American wars for independence of 1808-1820 and the first independence movement in Cuba, 1820-1830. Dr. Foner then discusses the emergence of United States policy towards Cuba and shows, through the most careful documentation, the role played by the government of the United States in blocking the achievement of Cuban independence from Spain.  The rest of the book deals with the reform movement in Cuba, Cuban slave society, and the anti-slavery struggles in the island, ending with La Escalera, the brutal suppression of the Negro people in the 1840''s. For the preparation of this volume, Dr. Foner examined original sources in English and Spanish, in Cuba and the Unite

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Book Synopsis`Equipped wih this book, readers will be offered a relibale adn thought-provokin guide to one of the most haated areas of debate in ancient hisoty. Erskine has accoumplished the task elegantly and concisely. The book deserves the widest possible readereship.''Mark Humphries, Professor of Ancient History, Swansea UniversityThe transformation of Rome from a small central italian city-state into the sole Mediterranean superpower has lng proved fascienting and controversial. At its height the Roman Empire extended from Britain in the North to Libya in the South and from sapin in the West to Syria in the Eas. It has impressed not only by its extent but also by its longevity.Andrew Erskine exomines the course nad nature of Roman Expansion, focusing on explanations, ancient adn modern, the impact of Roma rule on the subjed and the effect of empire on the imperial power. All these topics have crated fremedous amount of discussion among schloars, not least because the study of Roman imperialism has alwasys been informed by contemporary perceptions of international power relations.The book is divided into two halves, Part I treats some of the main issues in modern debates about Roman imperialsim, while Part II offers a selection of the most important source mateial, allowing readers to enter these debates themsleves.Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Map of Roman Italy; Map of Mediterranean; Timeline; Part I Debates; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2 : From City to Empire; Chapter 3: Explanations; Chapter 4: The Subject; Chapter 5: The Ruler; Part II Documents; Appian; Augustine; Caesar; Cicero; Digest; Dio Cassius; Diodoros of Sicily; Eusebius; Inscriptions; Lex Irnitana; Josephus; Lactantius; Livy; 1 Maccabee; Milestones; Philo of Alexandria; Pliny the Elder; Pliny the Younger; Plutarch; Polybios; Pompeius Trogus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti; Sallust; Schoolbook; Strabo; Tacitus; Tertullian; Third Sibylline Oracle; Valerius Maximus; Funeral stele of Regina; Trajan's Column; Colosseum; Coins; Victory Temples; Further Reading; Internet Resources; Glossary; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe first collection of essays to bring together Deleuzian philosophy and postcolonial theory.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the ever-riotous assembly of decoloniality. JPN - Journal of Postcolonial Networks A welcome addition to the ever-riotous assembly of decoloniality.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction. Deleuze and Postcolonialism; 1. Living in Smooth Space: Deleuze, Postcolonialism and the Subaltern; 2. Postcolonial Theory and the Materiality of Desire; 3. Postcolonial Visibilities: Questions Inspired by Deleuze's Method; 4. Affective Assemblages: Ethics Beyond Enjoyment; 5. The Postcolonial Event: Deleuze, Glissant, and the Problem of the Political; 6. Postcolonial Haecceities; 7. 'Another Perspective on the World': Shame and Subtraction in Louis Malle's L'Inde fantome; 8. Becoming-Nomad: Territorialisation and Resistance in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians; 9. Violence and Laughter: Paradoxes of Nomadic Thought and Postcolonial Cinema; 10. The Production of Terra Nullius and the Zionist-Palestinian Conflict; 11. Virtually Postcolonial?; 12. In Search of the Perfect Escape: Deleuze, Movement, and Canadian Postcolonialism; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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Book Synopsis12 new essays evaluating Agamben''s work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben''s theories of the ''state of exception'' and ''bare life'' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: Agamben and Colonialism, Simone Bignall and Marcelo Svirsky; I. Colonial States of Exception; Imperialism, Exceptionalism and the Contemporary World, Yehouda Shenhav; 1. The Management of Anomie: The State of Exception in Post-communist Russia, Sergei Prozorov; 2. The Cultural Politics of Exception, Marcelo Svirsky; II. Colonial Sovereignty; 4. Indigenising Agamben: Rethinking Sovereignty in Light of the 'Peculiar' Status of Native Peoples, Mark Rifkin; 5. Reading Kenya's Colonial State of Emergency after Agamben, Stephen Morton; 6. Colonial Sovereignty, Forms of Life and Liminal Beings in South Africa, Stewart Motha; III. Bare Life and Bio-Politics; 7. Encountering Bare Life in Italian Libya and Colonial Amnesia in Agamben, David Atkinson; 8. Abandoning Gaza, Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir; 9. Colonial Histories: Biopolitics and Shantytowns in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, Silvia Grinberg; IV. Method, History and Potentiality; 10. Metropolis and Colonisation, Leland de la Durantaye; 11. 'The Work of Men is Not Durable': History, Haiti and the Rights of Man, Jessica Whyte; 12. Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community, Simone Bignall; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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Book Synopsis12 new essays evaluating Agamben''s work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory.Agamben''s theories of the ''state of exception'' and ''bare life'' are situated in critical relation to the existence of these phenomena in the colonial/postcolonial world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: Agamben and Colonialism, Simone Bignall and Marcelo Svirsky; I. Colonial States of Exception; Imperialism, Exceptionalism and the Contemporary World, Yehouda Shenhav; 1. The Management of Anomie: The State of Exception in Post-communist Russia, Sergei Prozorov; 2. The Cultural Politics of Exception, Marcelo Svirsky; II. Colonial Sovereignty; 4. Indigenising Agamben: Rethinking Sovereignty in Light of the 'Peculiar' Status of Native Peoples, Mark Rifkin; 5. Reading Kenya's Colonial State of Emergency after Agamben, Stephen Morton; 6. Colonial Sovereignty, Forms of Life and Liminal Beings in South Africa, Stewart Motha; III. Bare Life and Bio-Politics; 7. Encountering Bare Life in Italian Libya and Colonial Amnesia in Agamben, David Atkinson; 8. Abandoning Gaza, Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir; 9. Colonial Histories: Biopolitics and Shantytowns in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, Silvia Grinberg; IV. Method, History and Potentiality; 10. Metropolis and Colonisation, Leland de la Durantaye; 11. 'The Work of Men is Not Durable': History, Haiti and the Rights of Man, Jessica Whyte; 12. Potential Postcoloniality: Sacred Life, Profanation and the Coming Community, Simone Bignall; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisDescribes the history of how the ''Africa Trade'' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.

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Book SynopsisSuad Joseph is Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at the University of California, Davis in the U.S. She founded the Association for Middle East Women's Studies and co-founded its internationally recognized Journal of Middle East Women's Studies; she also founded the Arab Families Research Group, and co-founded the Arab American Studies Association and the Association for Middle East Anthropology. She has edited or co-edited eight books, published over 100 articles, and is General Editor of the highly esteemed Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures.Lena Meari is Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine, and Acting Director of their Institute of Women Studies. Previously she was a postdoctoral research at the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University, U.S. She specializes in the geopolitics of knowledge production, decolonized methodologies, colonial structures and coTrade ReviewEmerging from long-term collaborations and trainings, this set of critical and deeply moving essays exemplify how feminist epistemologies can productively explore the intersections of self, location and subject in different research settings and contexts. This volume is an essential addition to the library of all those interested and invested in transforming gender dynamics in the Arab region. -- Seteney Shami. Arab Council for the Social Sciences, LebanonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Politics of Engaged Transformative Gender Research, Suad Joseph, University of California Davis, U.S; Lena Meari, Birzeit University, Palestine; and Zeina Zaatari, University of Illinois Chicago, U.S 2. The Politics of Training for Engaged Gender Research, Suad Joseph, University of California Davis, U.S PART 1 MAGHREB (NORTH AFRICA) 3. Doing Fieldwork with Women Land Rights Activists in Morocco: Power Relationships Within Feminism and its Discursive Framework of Right, Souad Eddouada, Iben Tofail University in Kenitra, Morocco 4. The Day I Became a Gentrifier: Narratives from the Outsider/Insider Ethnographer in the Field, Reeham Mourad, The American University in Cairo, Egypt PART 2 MASHRIQ (ARAB EAST) 5. The Daily During Field Research: Settler Colonialism, Motherhood, and Knowledge Production, Rania Jawad, Birzeit University, Palestine 6. Fieldwork in the Palestinian Colonial Context: Searching for the Voices of Palestinian Women, Samar Kassis, Birzeit University, Palestine 7. The Fear Factor: Fieldwork Away from the Safety Blanket of Depoliticized Gender and Women’s Issues, Sara Ababneh, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany 8. Research in the Jordanian Child Welfare System: Navigating Taboo Subjects, Rawan Ibrahim, German Jordanian University, Jordan 9. Conducting Research While Death Surrounds You: The Researcher, Gender, and War in Syria, Saja Al Zoubi, University of Oxford, U.K 10. Feminist Researcher in a Conservative Islamic Society, Iraq, Ilham Makki Hammadi, Ministry of Education, Iraq PART 3 KHALEEJ (ARAB GULF) 11. Conducting Fieldwork in Shared Time and Space, Sarah Shaer, Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, UAE 12. Personality and Perception: Aspects of the Researcher’s identity and. Their Impact on Field Research Within Diverse Locations, Kholoud Al Ajarma, The University of Edinburgh, U.K

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Book SynopsisThis book connects the history of labour movements with the transformation of workplace relations in South Asia from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Contending that labour conflicts in the Bengal jute industry must be understood against the backdrop of a radical change in the organisation of work in this period, Sailer shows how this led to a rupture in worker's relations in the workplace and beyond. Moving away from polarities such as class/culture or modernity/tradition and reconsidering the context around industrial conflicts in this period, Workplace relations in Colonial Bengal offers a new framework to analyse the changing organisation of work in colonial India, and identifies the implications for worker relations both inside and outside the factory. Focusing on a major colonial era industry, this book opens up new perspectives n the history of workers and colonial capitalism in modern India.Trade ReviewThis book reminds us that we must know what happens on the shop-floor to understand the factory. In South Asian labour historiography, we have theorized capitalist strategy without paying sufficient attention to the actual work process. It is also blindingly obvious, as the author of this book points out, that workers’ everyday experience of work is critical to their politics. * Samita Sen, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, Cambridge University, UK *[This book] highlights the importance of work relations and the organisation of work – conventionally known as labour process theory – in our understanding of the Jute Industry, its working population and its political economy between the 1870s and the 1940s in Calcutta…The discussion presented in the monograph is illuminating and analytically valuable. * Dhiraj Kumar Nite, Social Scientist, Ambedkar University Delhi, India *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Sets, Squads, and Shifts: The Emergence and Development of the 'Multiple Shift' System 2. Uninterrupted hours of work and frequent breaks: The modalities of shared work and excess employment at the shopfloor 3. Defending the spaces and rhythms of the workplace: Labour conflicts over the change in shift systems 4. ‘Various Paths Are Today Opened’: Working class politics and the General strike of 1929 5. 'Fight to finish': Labour Conflicts in the Bengal Jute Belt in the 1930s

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Book SynopsisHugh Tyndale-Biscoe, grandson of Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe, was born in Kashmir, India, where he attended the school run by his parents. A marsupial biologist best known for his book Life of Marsupials, he served as Chief Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisations Division of Wildlife Research and lectured at the Australian National University in Canberra. In 2018 he was made a member of the Order of Australia.Trade ReviewThis book represents personal history at its best ... [and] offers a clarion call and personal testimony that is challenging. * Anglican and Episcopal History *This is a marvellous book written by a gifted and entertaining author, grandson of the remarkable Canon Cecil Biscoe, covering a significant period of history where the subject’s involvement in Kashmir resonates to this day, not just in fascinating biographical material, but also in the Kashmiri conflict and geopolitical dilemmas expressed as recently as a few weeks ago when Pakistan downed an Indian jet fighter over the disputed border, a legacy of the powerful, eccentric, and culturally embedded British India vividly evoked in Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe’s writing. * Roger MacDonald, author of When Colts Ran (2010), The Ballad of Desmond Kale (2006), and Mr Darwin’s Shooter (1998) *An absorbing, balanced and informative record of unrelenting imperial proselytism, personal moral certitude and ineradicable, uncompromising courage in an outpost of the British Empire. * Professor J.A. Mangan, author of The Games Ethic and Imperialism *This is an engaging narrative of missionary work in Kashmir, based on diaries, correspondence and school records. The text is crammed with much fascinating incidental detail. * Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK *

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Book SynopsisCarlos F. Noreña is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is author of Imperial Ideals in the Roman West (2011), co-editor of From Document to History: Epigraphic Insights into the Greco-Roman World (Brill, 2018) and The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual (2010). He is currently working on a book on law, empire and political culture in the Roman Republic.Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Carlos F. Noreña, (University of California Berkeley, USA) 1. War, Michael Taylor, (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 2. Trade, Sitta von Reden, (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) 3. Natural Worlds, Nicholas Purcell, (University of Oxford, UK) 4. Labor, Elio Lo Cascio, (Universita di Roma, Italy) 5. Mobility, Sailakshmi Ramgopal, (University of Chicago, USA) 6. Sexuality, Caroline Vout, (University of Cambridge, UK) 7. Resistance, Lisa Pilar Eberle, (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Race, Emma Dench, (Harvard University, USA) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMatthew Gabriele is Professor of medieval studies and chair of the Department of Religion & Culture at Virginia Tech, USA. He is the author of An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne, the Franks, and Jerusalem before the First Crusade (2011), many articles on medieval Europe and the memory of the Middle Ages, and most recently with David M. Perry The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe (2021).Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Matthew Gabriele (Virginia Tech, USA) 1. War, Marcus Bull (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA) 2. Trade, Anne E. Lester (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) 3. Natural Worlds, Vicki Szabo (Western Carolina University, USA) 4. Labor, Martha Newman (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 5. Mobility, Shayne Legassie (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA) 6. Sexuality, Patricia Skinner (Swansea University, UK) 7. Resistance, Brett Whalen (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA) 8. Race, Cord J. Whitaker (Wellesley College, USA Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAnia Loomba is Catherine Bryson Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. She is the author of Revolutionary Desires: Women, Communism and Feminism in India (2018); Shakespeare, Race, and Colonialism (2002); ColonialismPostcolonialism (1998, 2005, 2015); Gender, Race, Renaissance Drama (1989, 1992), and numerous articles on early modern studies, race, colonial histories, and feminism.Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Ania Loomba (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 1. War, Thomas James Dandelet (University of California Berkeley, USA) 2. Trade, Dan Vitkus (University of California San Diego, USA) 3. Natural Worlds, Vinita Damodaran (University of Sussex, UK) 4. Labor, Michael Guasco (Davidson College, USA) 5. Mobility, Jonathan Gil Harris (Ashoka University, India) 6. Sexuality, Valerie Traub (University of Michigan, USA) 7. Resistance, Su Fang Ng (Virginia Tech, USA) 8. Race, Jonathan Burton (Whittier College, USA) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIan Coller is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is the author of Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798-1831 (2010) winner of the Australian Historical Association's W.K. Hancock award, and Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics and the French Revolution (2020).Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Ian Coller (La Trobe University, Australia) 1. War, Christopher Tozzi (Howard University, USA) 2. Trade, Junko Thérèse Takeda (Syracuse University, USA) 3. Natural Worlds, Laura J. Mitchell (University of California Irvine, USA) 4. Labor, Abigail Swingen (Texas Tech University, USA) 5. Mobility, Michael H. Fisher (Oberlin College, USA) 6. Sexuality, Merry E.Wiesner-Hanks (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA) 7. Resistance, Karwan Fatah-Black (University of Leiden, Netherlands) 8. Race, Vanita Seth (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisKirsten McKenzie is Professor of History at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Imperial Underworld: An Escaped Convict and the Transformation of the British Colonial Order (2016); A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty (2009) and Scandal in the Colonies: Sydney and Cape Town 1820 1850 (2004).Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Kirsten McKenzie (University of Sydney, Australia) 1. War, Susan K. Kent (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) 2. Trade, Robert Aldrich (University of Sydney, Australia) 3. Natural Worlds, Ruth A. Morgan (Monash University, Australia) 4. Labor, Utathya Chattopadhyaya (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) 5. Mobility, Miranda Spieler (The American University of Paris, France) 6. Sexuality, Esme Cleall (University of Sheffield, UK) 7. Resistance, Jennifer Sessions (University of Iowa, USA) 8. Race, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Flinders University Adelaide, Australia) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisPatricia M.E. Lorcin is the Samuel Russell Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA. She is the author of Imperial Identities (1995; revised edition 2014), Historicizing Colonial Nostalgia: European Women's Narratives of Algeria and Kenya 1900-Present (2013), and numerous edited and co-edited volumes on Western empires. She is currently working on a project tentatively entitled: The Cold War, Art, Politics and Transnational Activism during the period of Decolonization.Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Patricia Lorcin, (University of Minnesota-twin cities, USA) 1. War, Richard Fogarty, (University at Albany, SUNY, USA) 2. Trade, David Lynch, (Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, USA) 3. Natural Worlds, Robert Rouphail, (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) 4. Labor, Daniel Bender, (University of Toronto, Canada) 5. Mobility, Jessica Namakkal, (Duke University, USA) 6. Sexuality, Anna Clark & Elizabeth Williams, (University of Minnesota and University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) 7. Resistance, Roland Burke, (La Trobe University, Australia) 8. Race, Bruce Hall, (University of California Berkeley, USA) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the professional and political ideas of Newfoundland naval governors during the French Wars, this book traces the evolution of the Naval Governorship and administration of the region, shedding a light on a critical period of its early modern history. Contextualising Newfoundland as part of Britain's broader Atlantic Empire, Morrow focuses on the years 1793-1815 as it transitioned from a largely migratory fishery and nursery of seaman' to a colonial settlement with a resident British and Irish population. With a diversifying economy and growing demography amidst the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the governors of Newfoundland faced a unique set of challenges. Drawing upon various primary and secondary sources, Morrow provides a comprehensive account of their responses to the perceived needs of those they governed - both settler and indigenous - and reveals the professional attitudes and attributes they brought to bear on both their civil and military responsibilitieTrade Review“This is a well-researched, detailed and original study, and a major contribution to its field. In this groundbreaking and well researched study, Professor Morrow does an excellent job of outlining the role of naval officers in governing Newfoundland, shedding light not just on the history of the province but on its place in the wider world during a turbulent and crucially important period.” * Martin Wilcox, University of Hull, UK *“An excellent study that places Newfoundland into context with the 18th century British Atlantic Empire and demonstrates the great difficulty Naval Governors faced in balancing the needs and comfort of the residents with the requirements of a nation at prolonged war.” * J. Ross Dancy, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Appointing Wartime Naval Governors 2. The Routine of Naval Command 3. The Routine of Civil Government 4. Authority, Discipline and Public Order 5. Public Welfare and Measures of Civic Improvement 6. Naval Government, the Indigenous People and the Failure of ‘Conciliation’ 7. Reforming the Framework of Naval Government Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPART I: THE EVOLUTION OF WORLD HISTORY Defining World History Historical Philosophy, to 1900 Grand Synthesis, 1900-1965 Themes and Analyses, 1965-1990 Organizing a Field, since 1990 Narrating World History PART II: REVOLUTION IN HISTORICAL STUDIES Disciplines Area Studies Global Studies PART III: RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH Political and Economic History Social History Technology, Ecology, and Health Cultural History Debating World History PART IV: LOGIC OF ANALYSIS IN WORLD HISTORY Scale in History: Time and Space Modeling Frameworks and Strategies Verifying and Presenting Interpretations Analyzing World History PART V: STUDY AND RESEARCH IN WORLD HISTORY Programs and Priorities in Graduate Education Courses of Study Resources for Graduate Study Researching World History Conclusion: Tasks in World HistoryTrade Review"Patrick Manning's book is an excellent introduction to a field of historical literature which will grow increasingly important." - Martin A. Klein, University of TorontoTable of ContentsPART I: THE EVOLUTION OF WORLD HISTORY Defining World History Historical Philosophy, to 1900 Grand Synthesis, 1900-1965 Themes and Analyses, 1965-1990 Organizing a Field, since 1990 Narrating World History PART II: REVOLUTION IN HISTORICAL STUDIES Disciplines Area Studies Global Studies PART III: RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH Political and Economic History Social History Technology, Ecology, and Health Cultural History Debating World History PART IV: LOGIC OF ANALYSIS IN WORLD HISTORY Scale in History: Time and Space Modeling Frameworks and Strategies Verifying and Presenting Interpretations Analyzing World History PART V: STUDY AND RESEARCH IN WORLD HISTORY Programs and Priorities in Graduate Education Courses of Study Resources for Graduate Study Researching World History Conclusion: Tasks in World History

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Book SynopsisIn 1839, forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king, Shah Soojah, to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britain''s Great Game--Afghanistan would create a buffer to any potential Russian expansion toward India. This history traces the initial, highly successful campaign as the British easily occupied Kabul and the rebellion that two years later humbled the British army. Forced to negotiate a surrender, the British fled Kabul en masse in the harsh Afghan winter. Decimated by Afghan guerilla attacks and by the extreme cold paired with a lack of food and supplies, just one European--Dr. Brydon--would make it to the safety of Jalalabad five days later. This highly illustrated history then goes on to trace the retribution attack on Kabul the following year, which destroyed the symbolic Mogul Bazaar before troops rapidly withdrew and left Afghanistan in peace for nearlTable of ContentsIntroduction/Chronology/Opposing commanders/Opposing armies/Opposing plans/The campaign/Aftermath/The battlefield today/Further reading/Index

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Book SynopsisCape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world - often described as a kind of heaven on earth. Yet for the majority of its inhabitants it is hell. Apartheid-spawned ghettoes are everywhere, and for those living in Manenberg - a coloured township on the Cape Flats, purpose-built by the apartheid government as part of its forced removal plan - life is just as marginal today as it was during apartheid. The main differences now are the rampant drug use and widespread gang presence.No Neutral Ground is a gripping account of Pete Portal''s move from London to Manenberg, of addicts and gangsters meeting Jesus and being transformed, and how he went from living with a heroin addict to establishing a church community - and all the heartbreak and failure along the way. This is a story of mighty works of God, as well as relapse, hopelessness and despair; the miraculous and the mundane, heaven and hell, all balanced on a knife edge. Offering searing insight andTrade ReviewHere we have the miraculous and the mundane, heaven and hell, all balance on a knife edge. The author believes this is what the Church could become if we were willing to risk it all to reach the forgotten and the lost. Our contexts may be different, but our UK churches could learn much from this book. * The Methodist Recorder *Wow. Honest, inspiring, heartbreakingly convicting, spirit-infused, humble and holy. This book reeks of Jesus and the invitation he still gives to lose our lives for something so much better. Pete writes and lives with both skill and passion and reading this book inspires me to actively participate in God's Kingdom coming to our world! * Danielle Strickland *Pete Portal is a revivalist and an activist, an unusual and powerful combination. This book is the story of how he holds together the great hope of cultural transformation and spiritual revival. He does so whilst facing the painful realities of day-to-day life in one of the most troubled communities in South Africa. * Ken Costa *Portal compels us to lay down our pursuit of comfort, security and quality of life and follow Jesus not just to places like Manenberg, but to the edges of ourselves. No Neutral Ground is a glimpse into a story of our mutual liberation and it is not without cost * Idelette McVicker *Pete's book is a combination of inspiring stories, wild faith and insightful challenge. It will stretch your views of prayer - both answered and unanswered - and of the deeply transformative power of love. * Pete Greig *a human account that shows resilience and humility. I would gladly recommend this as a refreshing read. * Families First *

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Book SynopsisIn 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an Open Door in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation and prevent conflict in the Far East. In an examination of its origins and development, we discover how the idea of the Open Door came to define the American Century.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. TheOpen Door Idea, 1893-1904; 2. Imposing the Open Door, 1904-1917; 3. The Global Open Door, 1917-1929; 4. The Open Door in a Closed World, 1929-1945; 5. The Open Door and the Cold War, 1945-1968; 6. The Open DoorTriumphant, 1968-1991 Conclusion; Select Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents twelve detailed studies dealing with cases drawn from the Middle East and North Africa in the period before independence (c.1850-1950).

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Book SynopsisContrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual abuse traditionally associated with Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons, Kent Schull argues that, during the Second Constitutional Period (1908 1918), they played a crucial role in attempts to transform the empire.

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Book SynopsisThis book identifies water as a crucial new topic of literary and cultural analysis at a critical moment for the world's water resources, focusing on the urgent context of Israel/Palestine.

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Book SynopsisThis compelling analysis of the modern Middle East shows the transition from an internal history characterised by local realities that were plural and multidimensional, and where identities were flexible and hybrid, to a simplified history largely imagined and imposed by external actors.

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Book SynopsisImages of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa is an exploration of the low budget, black-action cinema that emerged in South Africa during the 1970s and led to subsequent gangster and race-conflict films that defined an era of prolific genre activity.Trade Review"Waddell examines South African (or B-scheme films), i.e., the country's iteration of Hollywood blaxploitation. ZAxploitation cinema was surreptitiously tainted by the apartheid ideological undertones because it was supported by the National Party regime, which provided financial underwriting in the background. These low-budget exploitation films reimagined Black lives in a modernized (rural and urbanized) context. Waddell's book is in conversation with Ken Harrow's Trash: African Cinema from Below (2013) and Tomaselli's Encountering Modernity: Twentieth Century South African Cinema (2006). Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." -K. M. Kapanga

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth examination of Scottish Romantic literary ideas on memory and their influence among various cultures in the British Atlantic.

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Book SynopsisExamines a fascinating and critical epoch in the architectural history of Jerusalem. It proposes a fresh and analytical discussion of British Mandate-era architecture by studying four buildings that have had a lasting impact on Jerusalem's built environment.

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that Armenians around the world in the face of the Genocide, and despite the absence of an independent nation-state after World War I developed dynamic socio-political, cultural, ideological and ecclesiastical centres.

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Book SynopsisIn Age of Rogues, leading scholars engage with themes of historical and cultural legacies, contentious interactions within imperial regimes, and the biographical trajectory of men and women who challenged the political status quo of their time.

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Book SynopsisReveals Scots influence on church and society in South AfricaTrade Review"superbly researched book [...] a substantial contribution to the history of South African missions and to South African historiography""" -Richard Elphick, Religious Studies Review

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Book SynopsisHenrietta Liston's Constantinople journal details her journey by sea from England to Istanbul and the diplomatic mission's Mediterranean stops at the time of the Napoleonic wars and reflects on the political situation of Europe, focusing in particular on the British and the Ottoman Empires.

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Book SynopsisReinterprets the making of the modern Middle East by studying its borderlands, drawing on case studies of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Transjordan to overturn popular views of how the borders of the region were formed.Trade Review"Conceiving the post-Ottoman space less through hard borders than porous borderlands, and highlighting the interests of both local and colonial actors, Tejel and ztan develop regimes of mobility" into a percipient rubric for the mandate period. Framed by an astute introduction and afterword, eleven case studies trace how traders, nomads, priests and refugees negotiated customs controls, quarantine regulations and national churches amid competing notions and uses of territory. This is a timely study of both the disconnections and redirections that define eras of deglobalisation."" -Nile Green, Professor of History and Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History, UCLA

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Book SynopsisWhat did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of American foreign policy with stark lessons for todayThe cutthroat world of international politics has always been dominated by great powers. Yet no great power in the modern era has ever managed to achieve the kind of invulnerability that comes from being supreme in its own neighbourhood. No great power, that is, except one-the United States.In We May Dominate the World, Sean A. Mirski tells the riveting story of how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War. By turns reluctant and ruthless, Americans squeezed their European rivals out of the hemisphere while landing forces on their neighbours' soil with dizzying frequency. Mirski reveals the surprising reasons behind this muscular foreign policy in a narrative full of twists, colourful characters, and original accounts of the palace coups and bloody interventions that turned the fledgling republic into a global superpower.Today, as China makes its own run at regional hegemony and nations like Russia and Iran grow more menacing, Mirski's fresh look at the rise of the American colossus offers indispensable lessons for how to meet the challenges of our own century.

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Book Synopsis"We have been reminded time and again by anthropologists of the ideas and ideals of the Enlightenment in which the intellectual inspiration of anthropology is supposed to lie. But anthropology is also rooted in an unequal power encounter between the West and the Third World, which goes back to the emergence of bourgeois Europe, an encounter in which colonialism is merely one historical moment. It is this encounter that gives the West access to cultural and historical information about the societies it has progressively dominated, and thus not only generates a certain kind of universal understanding, but also reenforces the inequalities in capacity between the European and the non-European worlds (and derivatively, between the Europeanized elites and the 'tradtional' masses in the Third World) . . ." – from the Introduction The papers in this book analyze and document ways in which anthropological thinking and practice have been affected by British colonialism. They approach this topic from different points of view and at different levels. Each stands as an original contribution to an argument which is only just beginning.

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Book SynopsisApocalypse is as American as apple pie. In an insightful, crisply written blend of memoir, social history, and political theory, Hartmann shows how the prospect of the imminent end of days has been used for centuries to justify almost any American action.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the history of the European Scramble for Africa from the perspective of the Omanis and other Arabs in East Africa. It will be of interest not only to African specialists, but also those working on the Middle East, where awareness is now emerging that the history of those settled on the southern peripheries of Arabia has been intimately entwined with Indian Ocean maritime activities since pre-Islamic times. The nineteenth century, however, saw these maritime borderlands being increasingly drawn into a new world economy, one of whose effects was the development of an ivory front in the interior of the continent that, by the 1850s, led the Omanis and Swahili to establish themselves on the Upper Congo. A reconstruction of their history and their interaction with Europeans is a major theme of this book. European colonial rivalries in Africa is not a subject in vogue today, while the Arabs are still largely viewed as invaders and slavers. The fact that the British separated the Sultanates of Muscat and Zanzibar is reflected in European research so that historians have little grasp of the geographic, tribal and religious continuum that persisted between overseas empire and the Omani homeland. Ibadism is regarded as irrelevant to the mainstream of Islamic religious protest whereas, during the lead up to establishing direct colonial rule, its ideology played a significant role; even the final rally against the Belgians in the Congo was conducted in the name of an Imam al-Muslimin. Back home, the fall out from the British massacre that crushed the last Arab attempt to reassert independence in Zanzibar was an important contributory cause towards the re-founding of an Imamate that survived until the mid-1950s.Table of ContentsList of maps Abbreviations and conventions Foreword PART I PRE-SCRAMBLE PERSPECTIVES 1 The Omani perspective: part 1 2 The Omani perspective part II: growing British influence 3 The early Arab penetration into the African mainland 4 Oman and Zanzibar: Britain and France 5 Barghash's reign: the first dozen years 6 The mainland 7 AIC phase I PART II ENTER GERMANY 8 German colonization in East Africa 9 Confrontation 10 The Swahili uprising PART III THE ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO 11 The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (EPRE): part 1 12 The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition: part II 13 EIC: consolidation of state: the Arab Zone 14 The Arab Zone 15 First clashes 16 War 17 Envoi: Zanzibar 1896 Appendix. Arab Material in Belgian Archives

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Book SynopsisThe British Empire is often misunderstood. Judgments of it differ widely, from broadly adulatory - a 'great' enterprise, spreading 'civilization' through the world; to the blame that is often put on it for most of the world's ills today, including racism, exploitation and the problems of the Middle East. In this provocative book, Bernard Porter argues that many of these judgments arise from some fundamental misreadings of the nature, causes and effects of British imperialism, which was a more complex, ambivalent and in some ways accidental phenomenon than it is often taken to be. Drawing on his fifty years' experience of research and writing on the subject, Porter aims to clear away many of the misconceptions that surround the story of the British Empire's rise, governance and fall; and to point some ways to a fairer (though not necessarily more favourable) assessment of it. He addresses the connections of imperialism with capitalism, racism and British domestic culture, and ends with some reflections on the modern repercussions of both the Empire itself, and the myths which have sprung up around it.Table of ContentsIntroduction Hybridity Riding the Beast Imperialisms, Left and Right In the Field How it Happened. Broadly. The Empire at Home The Beginning of the End Legacies Conclusions Endnotes and Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn 1807 the reformist Sultan Selim III was overthrown in a palace coup enacted by the elite special forces of the day-the Janissaries. The Ottomans were bankrupt and had been forced to make peace with Napoleon after Austerlitz, but it was Selim III's efforts to reform an empire that had suffered successive military defeats, and to reform along the lines of modern principles-with an end to the privileged 'feudal' position of many in elite Ottoman civil-military society-which sealed his fate. This book seeks to situate Turkey's reactionary revolutions of 1807 into a wider European context, that of the French Revolution and the outbreaks of revolutionary activity in the German states, Britain and the US. The Ottoman Empire was an interconnected and crucial part of this early-modern world, and therefore, Aysel Yildiz argues, must be analyzed in relation to its European rivals. Focusing on the uprising, and the socio-economic and political conditions which caused it, this book re-orientates Ottoman history towards Western Europe, and re-situates the late-Ottoman Empire as a key battle-ground of political ideas in the modern era.

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Book SynopsisDiscussions of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule. These features are often attributed to the dominance of monarchs, Islamists, oil, and ‘ancient hatreds’. To understand their rise, however, one has to turn to a largely forgotten but decisive episode with far-reaching repercussions – Bahrain under British colonial rule in the early twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of previously unexamined Arabic literature as well as British archives, Omar AlShehabi details how sectarianism emerged as a modern phenomenon in Bahrain. He shows how absolutist rule was born in the Gulf, under the tutelage of the British Raj, to counter nationalist and anti-colonial movements tied to the al-Nahda renaissance in the wider Arab world. A groundbreaking work, Contested Modernity challenges us to reconsider not only how we see the Gulf but the Middle East as a whole.Trade Review‘AlShehabi’s book is important in several respects. First, it contributes to historicize the ethnosectarian categories that both scholars and social actors use when trying to make sense of contemporary Bahraini society and politics… It underlines how much Bahraini ethnosectarianism, before becoming a political practice, was first a form of colonial knowledge that different actors contested but also espoused, often strategically. The book is also important politically…because it proposes a scientific reading of Bahraini history in a context where history has been hyper-politicized, and thus often distorted, by local actors seeking to substantiate their respective positions in the hierarchy of power.’ * Politics, Religion & Ideology *‘This is a crucial corrective to misleading and injurious narratives about the perpetually “sectarian” Gulf and its people. Credit to AlShehabi for historicizing the interrelated problems of sectarianism and colonialism in modern Bahrain, the Gulf region, and the wider Arab world.’ -- Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History, Rice University‘With great ambition, rich empirical detail and theoretical nuance, this book successfully sets out to rewrite the history of modern Bahrain… essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Bahraini history, the modern politics of the Gulf and the rise of sectarianism in the Middle East.’ -- Toby Dodge, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics‘AlShehabi offers an insightful and a fresh perspective that challenges dominant narratives on contemporary sectarian politics in Bahrain and the other states of the Arabian Gulf. While situating the Arab Gulf countries within mainstream debates on Arab al-Nahda, the book provides well-argued analyses of the Gulf-specific colonial experiences and the colonial roots of “the modernized absolutist rule” in the region.’ -- Abdulhadi Khalaf, Professor of Sociology, Lund University‘Written by one of the most astute scholars of the contemporary Gulf, this book presents an authoritative critique of the “ethnosectarian gaze” so often used in writing and thinking about Bahrain. Grounded in meticulous archival research and a fascinating retelling of Bahraini history, the book provides a wide range of fresh and compelling insights into debates around nationalism, identity, colonialism, and the production of knowledge. An indispensable work that breaks new ground in Middle East scholarship.’ -- Adam Hanieh, Reader in Development Studies, SOAS, and author of Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle EastTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Approaching Absolutism, Nationalism, and Sectarianism in the Gulf 1 The Ethnosectarian Gaze and Divided Rule 2 Politics and Society Before Divided Rule, 1783–1900 3 Al-Nahda in Bahrain, 1875–1920 4 Contesting Divided Rule, 1900–1920 5 ‘Fitnah’: Ethnosectarianism Meets al-Nahda, 1921–1923 Postscript: The Rise of Absolutism and Nationalism, 1923–1979 Conclusion: State and Society Between Sectarianism and Nationalism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIntroductions to political philosophy/theory mostly exclude discussions of race, and anthologies of political theory and philosophy cover readings from the ancient Greeks to contemporary theorists but without the voices of nonwhite authors. So Western political thought seems circumscribed to the theories of white men thus providing a misleading narrative of Western political theory to college students. The debates presented between liberalism and absolutism, libertarianism and communitarianism, capitalism and socialism leave out discussions of racism, sexism, abolitionism, colonialism, imperialism, and white supremacy. This textbook is ideal for a variety of courses including social and political philosophy, ethnic studies, postcolonial studies, political theory, sociology, social justice programs/course, and theories of justice. Student features: ·Offers an accessible reader that combines theory with historical and contemporary case studies that encourage students to apply their theoretical understandings of justice to real world issues. ·The case studies offer teachers built-in class activities to explore the implications and applications of theory. ·Includes introductions at the beginning of each section and contemporary case studies at the end of each section of theoretical readings.Trade ReviewLongo successfully brings together the work of a diverse array of feminist and postcolonial scholars whose writings challenge Rawls. In this era of Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and the Occupy movement, there is a pressing need for a textbook to help students navigate and understand the barriers to justice and how they may be dismantled. Justice Unbound provides that. -- Alana Jeydel, Professor of Political Science, American River CollegeTable of Contents1. From the State of Nature to Society: The Social Contract and Its Critics / 2. Racial and Gender Justice: The Quest for Civil Rights / 3. Economic Justice and Social Welfare / 4. Environmental Justice: Confronting Racism and Imperialism / 5. Global Justice: Confronting Colonialism / 6. From Theory to Practice: Working Toward a Just World

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Book SynopsisMany studies focus on film in Africa. Few, however, study cinema as a leisure activity: one that has influenced several generations and opened up spaces to dream, discuss or contest. Movie theatres offered a break from the daily routine, as places of escape and of education. Cinema was also potentially subversive, offering an alternative to colonial discourse. 'Tropical Dream Palaces' seeks to trace this history in a West African context: of broadening horizons on the one hand, and of censorship and control on the other. It fills a historiographic void, following cinema's arrival in the region in the early twentieth century up until the Independence era, and also looking further afield to Central Africa and its different models. Goerg addresses questions of film distribution in colonial times; of screening venues, their implantation, spread and different categories; while also focusing on audiences, their gender or age; the acquisition of a film culture; and the impact of screening foreign images. Her book draws on extremely varied sources to paint a broad picture of this cinematographic landscape: archives, the accounts of African and European spectators or administrators, novels, autobiographies, the local press, interviews and iconography.Trade Review'Tropical Dream Palaces is an intriguing story of the origins, productions, and various development levels of the motion picture industry in the region. … Georg’s book adopts a unique approach in its use of various sources and hermeneutic cues to deliver an engaging history of the connections between cinematics, leisure, and the West African imperial landscape… a pleasurable and educational read.' -- African Studies Review

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