Colonization & Independence
BIC code: JPHJ
See also: General Politics
There were 8 books found.
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Dancing With Strangers - Inga Clendinnen - Paperback
Providing an account of the first British settlers to land in Australia, this text tells of their first encounters with the indigenous people of the continent and the subsequent effects of colonialism and imperialism.
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Philosophising In Mombasa: Knowledge, Islam And Intellectual Practice On The Swahili Coast - Kai Kresse - Hardback
'Philosophising in Mombasa' provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. Entry-points and guidelines for the ethnography are provided by discussions on Swahili literary genres, life histories, and social debates.
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The Road To The Scottish Parliament - Brian Taylor - Paperback
First published in 1999, this revised and updated guide to the establishment of Scotland's Parliament follows the road to devolution - with fresh detail of the obstacles which stood in the way. The author offers an analysis of the background to this monumental political change.
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Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue And The 1997 Referendum - Hardback
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Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue And The 1997 Referendum - Paperback
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Scotland's Parliament: Triumph And Disaster - Brian Taylor - Paperback
For this companion volume to 'The Scottish Parliament', Brian Taylor has spoken - on and off the record - to the key players in Scotland's developing political drama. He tells the inside story of Scotland's Parliament - the horse-trading and the gossip - as well as offering dispassionate analysis.
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The Scottish Empire - Michael Fry - Paperback
This volume charts the imperial involvement of Scots from early times to the end of the 20th century.
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Scottish Fiction And The British Empire - Douglas S. Mack - Paperback
Douglas Mack argues that writers with roots in non-elite Scotland such as James Hogg and Lewis Grassic Gibbon from the past and Irvine Welsh and James Kelman from the present actively challenge the Imperial Grand Narrative. He shows that Scottish fiction was influential in subverting the assumptions that underpinned the Empire.