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Topic imperialism/de-colonization : 48 results | page 1 of 5 pages
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Hawaii: 1778–1958, From Western Discovery to Statehood - J. Gerlach
Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and "conquered" by the United States. It traces Hawaii's path from an undisturbed island chain to its current statehood, where only 10% of the population is Native Hawaiian.

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The Congo: A European Invention - J. Gerlach
The story of the Congo isĘ the story of imperialism, foreign governments drawing boundaries and associating disparate tribes, resources being mined and profiting the rich and powerful, racism, fears and stories of cannibalism, civil wars, a series of corrupt foreign and domestic leaders, and no end in sight. Once thought of as "The Dark Continent," Sub-Saharan Africa has a long and dreary road ahead to take ...
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Imperialist Canada - Todd Gordon
Imperialist Canada exposes Canada's imperialist past and present, at home and across the globe. Todd Gordon interweaves histories of indigenous dispossession in Canada with the cold facts of Canadian capital's oppression of peoples in the global South. The book digs beneath the surface of Canada's image as global peacekeeper and promoter of human rights, revealing the links between the corporate pursu...
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New World of Indigenous Resistance - Benjamín Maldonado Alvarado (Editor), Lois Meyer (Editor), and Noam Chomsky
Indigenous societies today face difficult choices: can they develop, modernize, and advance without endangering their sacred traditions and communal identity? Specifically, can their communities benefit from national education while resisting the tendency of state-imposed programs to undermine their cultural sovereignty, language, and traditions? According to Lois Meyer and Benjamín Maldonado, these a...
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Listening to Revolt: Selected Writings - Martin Smith (Editor), David Roediger (Editor), and George Rawick
This volume offers the first major collection of the wide-ranging and revolutionary writings of the late George Rawick, a leading figure in both radical history and Marxist sociology. Personal assistant to C.L.R. James, comrade of Marty Glaberman and Selma James, and friend of C. Wright Mills and Michael Harrington, he influenced such leading scholars as Noel Ignatiev, Robin D.G. Kelley, Peter Linebaugh, Ro...
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Hopes and Prospects - Noam Chomsky
In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the dangers and prospects of our early twenty-first century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptionalism (including under President Barack Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-Israeli assault on Gaza, and the recent financial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future and a way to move forwar...
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Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity - Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Feminism without Borders addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. Forging vital links between daily life and collective action and between theory and pedagogy, Mohanty has been at the vanguard of Third World and international feminist thought and activis...
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Not Fit For Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America - Peter Schrag
In a book of deep and telling ironies, Peter Schrag provides essential background for understanding the fractious debate over immigration. Covering the earliest days of the Republic to current events, Schrag sets the modern immigration controversy within the context of three centuries of debate over the same questions about who exactly is fit for citizenship. He finds that nativism has long colored our natio...
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Suspended Apocalypse: White Supremacy, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition - Dylan Rodriguez
Suspended Apocalypse is a rich and provocative meditation on the emergence of the Filipino American as a subject of history. Culling from historical, popular, and ethnographic archives, Dylan Rodríguez provides a sophisticated analysis of the Filipino presence in the American imaginary. Radically critiquing current conceptions of Filipino American identity, community, and history, he puts forth...
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What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq - Cynthia Enloe (Foreword by), Nicola Pratt, and Nadje Al-Ali
In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation—especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes the gap between...
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