Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
History of Nigeria
1st Edition
By Sir Alan Burns
December 01, 2024
History of Nigeria (1969) was first published in 1929 and completely revised by its author, and gives the history of Nigeria from before its first encounters with the British, through colonial rule, and up to independence in 1960. It describes the peoples of Nigeria and the British conquest and ...
History of the British West Indies
1st Edition
By Sir Alan Burns
December 01, 2024
History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations. The actions of other nations are studied, as well as the ...
History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
1st Edition
By William Prescott, John Foster Kirk
December 01, 2024
History of the Conquest of Peru (1959) contains a detailed analysis of the political, religious and social organisation of the Incas prior to the arrival of the Spanish colonisers, and then moves on to look at the story of the conquest and subjugation of the Incan Empire, the largest in South ...
Imperialism and Social Reform: English Social-Imperial Thought 1895–1914
1st Edition
By Bernard Semmel
December 01, 2024
Imperialism and Social Reform (1960) examines British social-imperialism and the development of social-imperial thought: the promotion of a ‘people’s imperialism’, or the support of the working classes for the imperialist system. It looks at the social and economic background and analyses the ...
In Defence of British India: Great Britain in the Middle East, 1775–1842
1st Edition
By Edward Ingram
December 01, 2024
In Defence of British India (1984) illustrates the problems arising from the British need to defend an Indian empire against the fluctuations in the European balance of power, preferably by isolating the empire from the European political system. The strategies devised by Britain to forestall and ...
James Smith: The Making of a Colonial Culture
1st Edition
By Lurline Stuart
December 01, 2024
James Smith (1989) is study of this hitherto-neglected maker of colonial culture, and traces the rise and decline of the transplanted ideas and values that Smith and many of his fellow immigrants to Australia upheld. It reveals the remarkable vigour with which Smith set about making a new society ...
Local Government in West Africa
1st Edition
By Ronald Wraith
December 01, 2024
Local Government in West Africa (1964) examines colonial and independent local government in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. With systems of British local government being adopted in English-speaking West Africa, this book looks at how the local government was supposed to work according to its ...
Malta and the End of Empire
1st Edition
By Dennis Austin
December 01, 2024
Malta and the End of Empire (1971) examines the now-forgotten moment in 1956 when the people of Malta, Gozo and Comino were asked by the British and Maltese Governments to decide whether they wanted full integration with the United Kingdom – a remarkable proposal which ran quite contrary to ...
Parliament as an Export
1st Edition
Edited
By Sir Alan Burns
December 01, 2024
Parliament as an Export (1966) deals with the adoption of overseas countries and particularly the Commonwealth countries of the British Parliamentary system. These countries examined are the original British colonies, the Dominions, the Indian sub-continent and the newer colonial territories....
Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization: Essays in Honour of A.F. Madden
1st Edition
Edited
By R.F. Holland, G. Rivzi
December 01, 2024
Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization (1984) is a key collection of essays that analyse from many sides the growth and demise of Western imperialism. They examine imperial history, the experience of imperialism, and offer new thoughts on British decolonization....
Prelude to Imperialism: British Reactions to Central African Society, 1840–1890
1st Edition
By H. Alan C. Cairns
December 01, 2024
In the half century preceding imperial control approximately eight hundred Britons lived and travelled in East and Central Africa. Prelude to Imperialism (1965) examines their relations with and attitudes to African tribal societies. The author presents a broad survey of tribal life, an analysis of...
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society: Guyana After Slavery, 1838–1891
1st Edition
By Brian L. Moore
December 01, 2024
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed ...