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Imperial Reckoning
Henry Holt and Co. 2010; US$ 17.99A major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of Britain's civilizing mission in Kenya As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population... more...
Lost White Tribes
Random House 2011; US$ 13.34Over three hundred years ago the first European colonialists set foot in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to found permanent outposts of the great empires. This epic migration continued until after World War II when these tropical outposts became independent black nations, and the white colonials were forced, or chose, to return home. Some of these... more...
Empire, Development and Colonialism
Boydell & Brewer 2009; US$ 80.00This collection explores the similarities, differences and overlaps between the contemporary debates on international development and humanitarian intervention and the historical artefacts and strategies of Empire. It includes views by historians and stud more...
When the Waves Ruled Britannia
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 27.00This interdisciplinary study examines changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context. more...
The Kaiser's Holocaust
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 14.57The unknown story of the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in Germany's forgotten African Empire -- an atrocity that foreshadowed the Nazi genocides forty years later. more...
Great Famine
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 27.95Over one million people died in the Great Famine, and more than one million more emigrated on the coffin ships to America and beyond. Drawing on contemporary eyewitness accounts and diaries, the book charts the arrival of the potato blight in 1845 and the total destruction of the harvests in 1846 which brought a sense of numbing shock to the populace. F... more...
The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 8.99First published in 1888, The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook sought to provide practical advice to young memsahibs in India, 'giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches'. Ostensibly a manual of household management, it opens a fascinating window... more...
Ochre and Rust
Wakefield Press 2010; US$ 19.95Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia's frontier zone. more...
A History of Modern Africa
Wiley 2011; US$ 41.95Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2 nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century... more...









