Colonialismo e imperialismo

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    Gerard McCann
    This book explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland’s economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability. The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisio...
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  • The Dutch Atlantic
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  • Global Predator
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    Global Predator is a damning account of the atrocities committed by invading US armed forces, from the 1846 war on Mexico to the recent wars on Iraq. In between are chapters on the Spanish and Philippines War, the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam, plus appendices on other incursions. As he marshals the facts for a contrarian view of US history, author Stewart Halsey Ross is anger...
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    Excellent, accessible textbook for courses in general and comparative colonial history. Includes not only overseas empires but also continental colonial expansion (USA, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and Russia). Most recent comprehensive book in the field. ...
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  • Emerging Traditions
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  • Into the Cannibal's Pot
    Ilana Mercer
    “Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America from post-Apartheid South Africa” is a polemical work anchored in history, reality, fact, and the political philosophy of classical liberalism. It is a manifesto against mass society, arguing against raw, ripe, democracy, here (in the US), there (in South Africa), and everywhere. ‘Into the Cannibal's Pot’ follows Russell Kirk's cont...
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  • Britain and Africa Under Blair
    Julia Gallagher
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  • Rethinking settler colonialism
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  • Reclaiming the Nation
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  • Inventing Africa
    Robin Derricourt
    Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent’s deep past.Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt to the world and Africa’s importance t...
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  • The Human Drama, Vol. IV
    Donald James Johnson / Jean Elliott Johnson
    The final volume in this highly acclaimed series ushers in the twentieth century, the bloodiest in world history, and arguably the century that saw more accelerated and profound changes than any previous era. The book begins by examining the vicious competition among nation-states for political and military dominance. It then expands its focus to consider the impact of new tech...
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  • Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa
     An examination of post-apartheid politics This volume explores some of the key features of popular politics and resistance before and after 1994. It looks at continuities and changes in the forms of struggle and ideologies involved, as well as the significance of post-apartheid grassroots politics. Is this a new form of politics or does it stand as a direct descendent of the i...
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  • Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840
    Angela McCarthy
    Using a range of written, verbal, and visual sources, this book examines distinctive aspects characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. ...
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  • The Secrets of an Aborted Decolonisation. The Declassified British Secret Files on the Southern Cameroons
    Carlson Anyangwe
    A remarkable feature of the collapse of the British Empire is that the British departed from almost every single one of their colonial territories invariably leaving behind a messy situation and an agenda of serious problems that in most cases still haunt those territories to this day. One such territory is the Southern British Cameroons. There, the British Government took the ...
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  • The End of French Rule in Cameroon
    Martin Atangana
    This study explores the decolonization movement in Cameroon. It analyzes the reforms introduced by France in Cameroon after World War II, the circumstances surrounding the unsuccessful attempt of the UPC to seize independence by force, and the subsequent eradication of this party by an alliance of Franco-Cameroonian forces. ...
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  • Castles and colonists
    Eric Klingelhofer
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  • Frontiers, Plantations, and Walled Cities
    Luis Martínez-Fernández
    For decades, the Hispanic Caribbean has eluded attempts by historians striving to view and analyze Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic as a region rather than as isolated insular units. Focusing on similarities instead of differences and applying comparative methods, the author makes a forceful case for a regional perspective that sheds new light on important historic...
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  • Voices From The Other Side
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  • Africa
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    This is a concise but sweeping account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions. The book attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This approach is very useful for general readers who seek to gain an understanding of the major trends and developments, and for teachers who plan to supplement this text wit...
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  • In/security in Colombia
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    A fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the official security discourse in Colombia, this book investigates discursive and material practices that write the identities of state, self and others. ...
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  • Harriet Martineau
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  • Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean
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    This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies. ...
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  • Ordering Africa
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  • Colonialism and Postcolonial Development
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  • Decolonizing Literacy
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  • Rethinking Imperialism
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