Colonialism in global perspective
"Kris Manjapra weaves together the study of colonialism over the past 500 years, across the globe's continents and seas. This captivating work vividly evokes living human histories, introducing the reader to interlocking pasts and ongoing legacies of colonialism through the study of: war, conquest, militarization, extractive economies, migration and diaspora, racialization, biopolitical management, and unruly and creative responses and resistances. He describes some of the most salient politica…
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- Full title :Colonialism in global perspective / Kris Manjapra.
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"Kris Manjapra weaves together the study of colonialism over the past 500 years, across the globe's continents and seas. This captivating work vividly evokes living human histories, introducing the reader to interlocking pasts and ongoing legacies of colonialism through the study of: war, conquest, militarization, extractive economies, migration and diaspora, racialization, biopolitical management, and unruly and creative responses and resistances. He describes some of the most salient political, social, and cultural constellations of our present across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. By exploring the dissimilar, yet entwined, histories of settler colonialism, racial slavery, and empire across Asia, Manjapra exposes the enduring role of colonial force and freedom struggle in the making of our modern world"--
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 273 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781108425261, 1108425267, 9781108441360, 110844136X
- oclc:on1127656237
- LC Classification:JV105
- Dewey Decimal:325/.309
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