"A milestone in U.S. historiography, Haunted by Empire brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role…
Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization"--Law to practice: "certain excesses of severity"--The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of wo…
Colonial Africa
by Christopher, A.J., (Anthony John)
fromCroom Helm historical geography series
This work examines the relation of law and geography in European empires. It explores spatial patterns of treason, piracy, convict transportation, and martial law in European empires between 1400 and 1900.
Settler economies in world history
by Metzer, Jacob, Lloyd, Christopher
fromGlobal economic history series
Settler colonialism was a major aspect of the imperial age that began in the sixteenth century and has encompassed the whole world unto the present. Modern settler societies have together constituted one of the major routes to economic development from their foundation in resour…
In deze bundel aandacht voor het schenden van de mensenrechten in Haïti, de mishandeling van politieke gevangenen. De bundel bestaat uit een selectie van artikelen uit Ayiti Fanm, een Creoolse krant.
"Modern Forests is an environmental, institutional, and cultural history of forestry in colonial eastern India. By carefully examining the impact of regional political formations and biogeographic processes on land and forest management, this book probes the interrelated social …