books about: colonialism     books:     Colonialism      Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History Frederick Cooper University of California Press, 2005 vintage Cooper - magisterial, synthetic and critical 1st of all, the reviewer below who claims that Cooper sees colonialism as an exclusively European phenomenon can't have read much of the book....the Ottoman Empire, e.g., appears 15 times in the book. This is an important work, which I'll be putting on my syllabus ...             Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism (American Encounters/Global Interactions) Noenoe Silva Duke University Press, 2004 Excellent use of Hawaiian-Language Sources Dr. Silva's book relies on seldom-used Hawaiian-language newspaper sources to document native Hawaiian resistance to foreign power in the islands. Most histories of Hawaii depend on English-language (and all too often missionary and American) accounts of the people and ...             Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense Ann Laura Stoler Princeton University Press, 2008 Along the Archival Grain examines the nature of colonial governance as seen through its archival habits and conventions, and in doing so offers a series of nuanced meditations on the nature of archives and the spirit with which students of empire should approach them. Focusing on the archives of the nineteenth-century Netherlands Indies, Ann ...             Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography Clifton Crais, Pamela Scully Princeton University Press, 2008 Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day, and also one of the least known. As the Hottentot Venus, she was seen by Westerners as alluring and primitive, a reflection of their fears and suppressed desires. But who was Sara Baartman? Who was the woman who became ...             A Dying Colonialism Frantz Fanon Grove Press, 1994 Frantz Fanon: Voice of the Third World To Frantz Fanon, scientist, revolutionary, hero, belongs the most eloquent voice of the era of decolonization. What is striking about the writing of Fanon is its beauty even in translation. Its compassionate humanism shines through even when he calls for armed ...             Discourse on Colonialism Aimé Césaire, Joan Pinkham, ... Monthly Review Press, 2001 good perception I read Cesaire's 'discours sur le colonialisme' in one afternoon at a coffe place and it was captivating in how intellectually he wrote, with tinges of attitude in the words. A lot of the things he wrote about I already knew from studying a lot about Africa before and ...             Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity (Narrating Native Histories) J. Kehaulani Kauanui Duke University Press, 2008 In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined ?native Hawaiians? as those people ?with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778.? This ?blood logic? has since become an entrenched part of the legal system in Hawai?i. Hawaiian Blood is the first comprehensive ...             The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876-1912 Thomas Pakenham Avon Books, 1992 The Dark Continent's Darkest Chapter It would be an understatement to write that Thomas Pakenham embraced an ambitious project in crafting a comprehensive, single-volume history of the European colonization of Africa over the course of some four decades a century ago. Few authors could have succeeded ...             When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda Mahmood Mamdani Princeton University Press, 2002 Reform the state and citizenship Mahmood Mamdani is Professor of Government and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. His reputation as an expert in African history, politics and international relations has made him an important voice in contemporary debates about the ...             African Perspectives on Colonialism (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History) A. Adu Boahen The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989 Satisfied customer purchasing the book was quick & easy. Fast delivery. Product delivered in ideal condition. Very satisfied. Would purchase items from this vendor again.             American Evangelicals in Egypt: Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from ... Heather J. Sharkey Princeton University Press, 2008 In 1854, American Presbyterian missionaries arrived in Egypt as part of a larger Anglo-American Protestant movement aiming for worldwide evangelization. Protected by British imperial power, and later by mounting American global influence, their enterprise flourished during the next century. American Evangelicals in Egypt follows the ongoing and ...             Colonialism and Neocolonialism (Routledge Classics) Jean-Paul Sartre Routledge, 2006 "Sartre is a true post-colonial pioneer. His ethical and political struggle against all forms of oppression and exploitation speak to the problems of our own times with a rare courage and cogency." Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature Harvard University Nearly forty years after its first publication in ...             A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France Jennifer Pitts Princeton University Press, 2006 Trenchant, timely, eloquent scholarship Burke, Smith, Bentham, Mill, and the Enlightenment play a critical role in how we conceive of the American political predicament, which is why the names still grace undergraduate syllabi. Five to seven page papers are written by eager nineteen-year-olds, and then ...             Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas: Restoring the Links Gwendolyn Midlo Hall The University of North Carolina Press, 2007 An introduction to an essential field This book is an introduction to the expanding analysis of slave trade, slavery, and other records that give us a concrete look at what parts of Africa and which societies and cultures, the millions of slaves who were brought to the New World came from and where they ...             Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing Michael Taussig University Of Chicago Press, 1991 Much more than a simple ethnographic investigation... Arguably one of the most accomplished anthropologists working today, Michael Taussig provides an intensely individualistic bricolage of literary, historical, and ethnological interpretations of his many years of fieldwork in the Upper Amazon. One of the most detailed ...          products you might be interested in search for books colonialism, comparative, evangelicals, interactions, neocolonialism, perspectives      toavi.com    web we recommend good perception randomly chosen book: The Five Crows Ledger: Biographic Warrior Art of the Flathead