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British colonialists invariably saw Africa protest, resistance, and even rebellion as forms of criminality: Africans who......more
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This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
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Malaria on the Move explores the socioeconomic aspects of endemic malaria in the southeastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. The b......more
A panoramic global history of Africa in the age of imperialism Africa’s long nineteenth century was a period of revoluti......more
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In this open access book, Maasai leader and activist Meitamei Dapash teams with historian Mary Poole to offer a new vers......more
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At the heart of Elusive Histories is a long-neglected story of the clandestine journeys of Mozambican migrant laborers a......more
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Frequently overshadowed by rival designs of the Mikoyan i Gurevich Design Bureau, the family of fighter-bombers of the a......more
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This study focuses on modernism in the visual arts in Morocco, particularly on the artists of the Casablanca school. The......more
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In Black Britain and Nelson Mandela: "Pulling the Branch of a Tree" Elizabeth Williams leads a cast of renowned scholars......more
This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, ......more
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The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in s......more
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An exploration of how contemporary Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity preserves and protects sacred ideas and relationships......more
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Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda presents the stories of scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UV......more
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A little over two decades ago, Zimbabwe undertook its Fast Track Land Reform Programme. Critics saw it as nothing more t......more
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A sweeping narrative history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas. During the era of the Atlantic sla......more
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The Global Latin II Conference has highlighted the role of the Latin language as cultural medium between West and East. ......more
Policing, Race, and the Formation of Nineteenth-Century British Colonial Natal traces the creation, implementation, and ......more
Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights investigates the transformative impacts of global development’s sexual rights ag......more
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How an audacious environmental engineering plan fanned white settlers’ visions for South Africa, stoked mistrust in scie......more
The winner of the James A. Beard Foundation Book Award and Harriet Tubman Prize "Slaves for Peanuts plumbs a fascinating......more
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As countries ravaged by colonial capitalism and white supremacy sought to build a post-imperial world, many turned to so......more
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"Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty." Included here are the best essays from the most important......more
Disintegrating Empire examines the entangled histories of three threads of decolonization: the French welfare state, fam......more
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Available Light tells the story of an activist, an artist, a uniquely South African individual, and his community and fa......more
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What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? What happens when the opposite......more
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Alongside the diplomatic struggles of the early Cold War, European politicians worked to shape emotions about the postwa......more
A former British colony, The Gambia became independent in 1965 and has had only three presidents since then. While The G......more
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Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fra......more
In 2018, Ethiopia and the world were in the throes of "Abiymania", a fervor of popular support for the divided country’s......more
The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything. Pirates have lo......more
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Food stood at the centre of Mussolini’s attempt to occupy Ethiopia and build an Italian Empire in East Africa. Seeking t......more
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