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This extraordinary evocation of the dramatic landscape of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney offers a cultural history of the region and a glimpse into the ethical problems that confront a colonized society. A travel narrative style is used to present local... [ More...]
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Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, as well as over a decade of research and work in the area, Hedman and Sidel provide an invaluable overview of the contemporary and historical scene of a much misunderstood part of Southeast Asia.
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Using feminist and postcolonial theory this book examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community, while considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism.
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Mimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative study analyzes the struggle for freedom and democracy in two Caribbean societies in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery. Pairing the revolutionary Republic of Haiti with the British colony of Jamaica, the... [ More...]
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Was the British empire given away in a fit of collective indifference as many have claimed? Englishness and Empire looks at connections between stories of nation and empire told in the media - the Second World War, the Coronation and Everest, colonial wars... [ More...]
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<div>Increasing sophistication on the issue of hegemony has not been matched by more developed understandings of resistance or counterhegemony. In an unusual, interdisciplinary collaboration between historians and social scientists working on Africa,... [ More...]
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Gurminder Bhambra presents a fundamental reconstruction of the idea of modernity in sociology, criticizing classic and contemporary contributions and arguing for an approach based on 'connected histories' beyond the Eurocentric focus of dominant approaches.
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This newest volume in the Mapping series offers the first comprehensive balance-sheet of the Subaltern Studies Project, an intervention in South Asian history and politics, which has recently generated a powerful impact in Latin American, Irish, and African... [ More...]
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This book explores the ways in which colonial administrators constructed knowledge about the society and culture of India and the processes through which that knowledge has shaped past and present Indian reality.
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