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  • Colonial Internationalism and the Governmentality of Empire, 1893–1982

    by Florian Wagner ...
    Series series Global and International History
    In 1893, a group of colonial officials from thirteen countries abandoned their imperial rivalry and established the International Colonial Institute (ICI), which became the world's most important colonial think tank of the twentieth century. Through the lens of the ICI, Florian Wagner argues that this international cooperation reshaped colonialism as a transimperial and governmental policy. The ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Maniac Monster Stories

    by Florian Wagner ...
    This book collects 56 funny cartoons in English - but if you don't speak English, don't worry. The cartoons mostly don't need any words to put a smile on the reader's face. Enjoy. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Europe after Empire

    Decolonization, Society, and Culture

    by Elizabeth Buettner ...
    Series Book 51 - New Approaches to European History
    Europe after Empire is a pioneering comparative history of European decolonization from the formal ending of empires to the postcolonial European present. Elizabeth Buettner charts the long-term development of post-war decolonization processes as well as the histories of inward and return migration from former empires which followed. She shows that not only were former colonies remade as a result ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Invention of the Passport

    Surveillance, Citizenship and the State

    by John C. Torpey ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social responses to their implementation. The author argues that modern nation-states and the international state system have 'monopolized the 'legitimate means ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Decolonization

    A Short History

    by Jan C. Jansen, Jürgen Osterhammel ...
    Translated by Jeremiah Riemer ...
    A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth centuryThe end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in global politics. Long-established imperial regimes collapsed, some more or less peacefully, others amid ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Borrowing Constitutional Designs

    Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic

    by Cindy Skach ...
    After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions. Surprisingly, the constitutional model they most often chose was neither the pure parliamentary model found in most of Western Europe at the time, nor the presidential model of the Americas. Rather, it was semi-presidentialism--a rare model known more generally as the "French type." This ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Citizenship between Empire and Nation

    Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960

    by Frederick Cooper ...
    A groundbreaking history of the last days of the French empire in AfricaAs the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens. Moreover, they did not have to conform to the French civil code that regulated marriage and inheritance. One could, in principle, be a ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • France

    by Emile Chabal ...
    Series series Polity Histories
    France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it also carries the bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises.In this arresting book, Emile Chabal, a leading specialist of contemporary ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution

    Edited by Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicolas Bancel, Dominic Thomas ...
    This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Postcoloniality

    The French Dimension

    by Margaret A. Majumdar ...
    “Postcolonial theory” has become one of the key issues of scholarly debates worldwide; debates, so the author argues, which have become rather sterile and are characterized by a repetitive reworking of old hackneyed issues, focussing on cultural questions of language and identity in particular. Gradually, a gulf has emerged between Anglophone and Francophone thinking in this area. The author ... Read more

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  • Democratic Extremism in Theory and Practice

    All Power to the People

    by Paul Lucardie ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Democracy and extremism are usually considered as opposites. We assume that our system (in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands etc.) is democratic, and extremists try to destroy our system and introduce some kind of dictatorship, if not chaos and anarchy. Yet in many cases, the extremists seem sincere in their attempt to construct a more democratic polity. Hence, they can be called democrats and yet ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Contemporary France

    An Introduction to French Politics and Society

    by David Howarth, Georgios Varouxakis ...
    At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes ... Read more

    $55.99 USD