"One of the first Western studies of Indian theater to link the aesthetics and the politics of that theater, Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance combines in-depth archival research with close readings of dramatic texts performed at critical moments in history. Each chapter ampl…
Explores the relationship between nationalism, colonialism, and the politics of theater in colonial and postcolonial India.
Monograph on the economics of underdevelopment - analyses the historical role of capitalist countries, of trade monopolys, industrial capital and colonialism, of production, consumption and profit functions, etc. In context with socialist economic theory of the law of value. Ref…
Comparison of the economies of Ghana, the Gambia, and the nine French speaking African countries of West Africa, with particular reference to the role of European foreign investment therein - covers the historical impact of colonialism on economic development, the dependence on …
The scramble for Africa astonished everyone. In 1880 most of the continent was still ruled by Africans and barely explored. By 1902, five European powers had grabbed almost the whole continent, giving themselves 30 new colonies and protectorates. This is the history of this epis…
Laos: politics, economics, and society
General study of politics, the economy and society in the Lao PDR - reports on history, the influence of Buddhism, colonialism, and political developments up to the advent of the communist government; examines the social structure, ethnic groups, and socialist-based social chang…
Conference papers on historical aspects of the development of cash crop commercial farming in selected states of India - considers land ownership, land markets, tenancy relations and rural area labour markets during colonialism; analyses the effects of agricultural commercialisa…