"In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished scholar of African affairs argues that the crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy."" "Crawford Young proposes a new co…
This study of Petrograd in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution offers insights into the progress of the Revolution and the establishment, in 1921, of the Leninist political order.
This study of Petrograd in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution offers insights into the progress of the Revolution and the establishment, in 1921, of the Leninist political order.
The emergence and disintegration of states, often under conditions of appalling violence, is a problem of primary importance in the world. Chad's long experience of civil strife and foreign intervention illustrates some of the fundamental difficulties involved in the attempt to …
"This book provides European case studies by experts from the United States, Europe and Eurasia. The volume seeks to uncover and analyze various relationships between liberalisms and nationalisms, national identities and modernity concepts, nations and empires, nation-states and…
"This book provides European case studies by experts from the United States, Europe and Eurasia. The volume seeks to uncover and analyze various relationships between liberalisms and nationalisms, national identities and modernity concepts, nations and empires, nation-states and…
This reflective and provocative book outlines the emergence of the nation-states of modern Southeast Asia. It considers the concept of nationhood and ways of looking at Southeast Asian history, making sense of what is often seen as a bewildering region. Combining narrative, anal…
Since the 1940s, revaluations of the nature of the State have been a major preoccupation among historians worldwide. There has been a debate on the extent to which the State is independent of the interests of the ruling class. Pre-colonial India provides a unique testing ground …
This book traces the importance of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as a political ""heartland"" of India over the last century and highlights its influence on Indian politics. In unraveling this constructed identity of the state, this book analyzes the transformation that UP experienced as a…