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The archaeology of colonialism : intimate encounters and sexual effects
\"This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies\"--Provided by publisher.
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The Archaeology of Colonialism
This volume examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies. While archaeological studies of the historic past have explored the dynamics of European colonialism, such work has largely ignored broader issues of sexuality, embodiment, commemoration, reproduction and sensuality. Recently, however, scholars have begun to recognize these issues as essential components of colonization and imperialism. This book explores a variety of case studies, revealing the multifaceted intersections of colonialism and sexuality. Incorporating work that ranges from Phoenician diasporic communities of the eighth century to Britain's nineteenth-century Australian penal colonies to the contemporary Maroon community of Brazil, this volume changes the way we understand the relationship between sexuality and colonial history.
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Automotive Empire
In Automotive Empire
, Andrew Denning uncovers how roads and vehicles began to
transform colonial societies across Africa but rarely in the manner
Europeans expected. Like seafaring ships and railroads,
automobiles and roads were more than a mode of transport-they
organized colonial spaces and structured the political, economic,
and social relations of empire, both within African colonies and
between colonies and the European metropole.
European officials in French, Italian, British, German, Belgian,
and Portuguese territories in Africa shared a common challenge-the
transport problem. While they imagined that roads would radiate
commerce and political hegemony by collapsing space, the pressures
of constructing and maintaining roads rendered colonial
administration thin, ineffective, and capricious. Automotive empire
emerged as the European solution to the transport problem, but
revealed weakness as much as it extended power.
As Automotive Empire reveals, motor vehicles and roads
seemed the ideal solution to the colonial transport problem. They
were cheaper and quicker to construct than railroads, overcame the
environmental limitations of rivers, and did not depend on the
recruitment and supervision of African porters. At this pivotal
moment of African colonialism, when European powers transitioned
from claiming territories to administering and exploiting them,
automotive empire defined colonial states and societies, along with
the brutal and capricious nature of European colonialism
itself.
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Colonialism
\"A book for middle school students about the political structure of colonialism.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline?
No detailed description available for \"Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline?\".
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Empires of Love
Through literary and historical documents from the early sixteenth to late seventeenth centuries-epic poetry, private correspondence, secular dramas, and colonial legislation-Carmen Nocentelli charts the Western fascination with the eros of \"India,\" as the vast coastal stretch from the Gulf of Aden to the South China Sea was often called. If Asia was thought of as a place of sexual deviance and perversion, she demonstrates, it was also a space where colonial authorities actively encouraged the formation of interracial households, even through the forcible conscription of native brides. In her comparative analysis of Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish texts, Nocentelli shows how sexual behaviors and erotic desires quickly came to define the limits within which Europeans represented not only Asia but also themselves. Drawing on a wide range of European sources on polygamy, practices of male genital modification, and the allegedly excessive libido of native women,Empires of Loveemphasizes the overlapping and mutually transformative construction of race and sexuality during Europe's early overseas expansion, arguing that the encounter with Asia contributed to the development of Western racial discourse while also shaping European ideals of marriage, erotic reciprocity, and monogamous affection.
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Greek colonization in local contexts : case studies in colonial interactions
Greek Colonization in Local Context' takes a fresh look at Greek colonies around Europe and Black Sea. The emphasis is on cultural interaction, transformation and the repercussions and local reactions to colonization in social, religious and cultural terms. Papers examine the archaeological evidence for cultural interaction in a series of case studies from locations around the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, at a variety of scales. Contributors consider the effects of colonization on urban life and developments in cities and smaller settlements as well as in the rural landscapes surrounding and supporting them. This collection of new papers by leading scholars reveals fascinating details of the native response to the imposition of Greek rule and the indigenous input into early state development in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions.
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Engaging colonial knowledge : reading European archives in world history
Presenting a set of rich case-studies which demonstrate novel and productive approaches to the study of colonial knowledge, this volume covers British, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish colonial encounters in Africa, Asia, America and the Pacific, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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