Imperial & Colonial History Books

New and Published Books

1. Empires and Boundaries

   Race, Class, and Gender in Colonial Settings

   Edited by Harald Fischer-Tiné, Susanne Gehrmann

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   Empires and Boundaries: Rethinking Race, Class, and Gender in Colonial Settings is an exciting collection of original essays exploring the meaning and existence of conflicting and coexisting hierarchies in colonial settings. With investigations into the colonial past of a diversity of regions...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Communist Indochina

   By R. B. Smith

   Edited by Beryl Williams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book examines the history of communist Indochina, from the foundation of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1929-30 to the end of the 1970s. It explores the impact of the Japanese invasion of Indochina in 1940, and the subsequent relationship between the Japanese occupiers and the Vichy French...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Abolitionist Places

   Edited by Martha Schoolman, Jared Hickman

   From David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution to Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic, some of the most influential conceptualizations of the Atlantic World have taken the movements of individuals and transnational organizations working to advocate the abolition of slavery as...

   Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge
4. Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development

   The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared

   Edited by Ewout Frankema, Frans Buelens

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines. This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses the...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45

   By Ooi Keat Gin

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   The Japanese occupation of both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo – and Dutch Borneo in 1941 to 1945 is a much understudied subject. Of particular interest is the occupation of Dutch Borneo, governed by the Imperial Japanese Navy that had long-term plans for ‘permanent possession’....

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Creation of Saudi Arabia

   Ibn Saud and British Imperial Policy, 1914-1927

   By Askar H. Al-Enazy

   Series: History and Society in the Islamic World

   Overturning previous interpretations that see the territorial expansion of the Saudi state between 1915 and 1926 as the result of an aggressive Wahhabi ideology carried out by a politically ambitious Ibn Saud, this book explores the links between Saudi territorial expansion and British Imperial...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Origins of the Libyan Nation

   Colonial Legacy, Exile and the Emergence of a New Nation-State

   By Anna Baldinetti

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   Libya is a typical example of a colonial or external creation. This book addresses the emergence and construction of nation and nationalism, particularly among Libyan exiles in the Mediterranean region. It charts the rise of nationalism from the colonial era and shows how it developed through an...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
8. Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt

   Literature, culture, and empire

   By Deborah Starr

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

   Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Germany, France, Russia and Islam (Routledge Revivals)

   By Heinrich Von Treitschke

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Heinrich Von Treitschke was a prolific German historian and political writer during the nineteenth century. In Germany, France, Russia and Islam, first published in 1915, he considers European diplomatic relations from the patriotic perspective of imperial Germany, in particular examining...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
10. Writings on Imperialism and Internationalism (Routledge Revivals)

    By J. Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    J. A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A Study, first written in 1902, was undoubtedly his most prolific work. Yet Hobson wrote frequently about the topic of imperialism over the course of his career, and a number of his articles are included in this collection, first published in 1992. Exploring areas...

    Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge