Imperial & Colonial History Books

New and Published Books

1. 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 April 24th 2013 by Routledge
2. Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia

   Studies in Taiwan-Japan Relations

   Edited by Adam Clulow

   Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that explores the intertwined histories of Taiwan and Japan across the long sweep of the early modern and modern periods. Drawing on new research by scholars from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, it moves...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. 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 April 23rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Civilization and Empire

   China and Japan's Encounter with European International Society

   By Shogo Suzuki

   Series: New International Relations

   This book critically examines the influence of International Society on East Asia, and how its attempts to introduce ‘civilization’ to ‘barbarous’ polities contributed to conflict between China and Japan. Challenging existing works that have presented the expansion of (European) International...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. ‘Manufactured’ Masculinity

   Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism

   By J. A. Mangan

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   'Manufactured' Masculinity should be considered essential reading for scholars in the humanities and social sciences at every level and in all parts of the academic world. It weaves together brilliantly the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade

   Remedying the 'Past'?

   Edited by Fernne Brennan, John Packer

   Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the ‘Past’? Addresses how reparations might be obtained for the legacy of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. This collection lends weight to the argument that liability is not extinguished on the death of the plaintiffs or perpetrators. Arguing...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and its Diaspora

   Edited by Deana Heath, Chandana Mathur

   Series: Intersections: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

   Taking as its premise the belief that communalism is not a resurgence of tradition but is instead an inherently modern phenomenon, as well as a product of the fundamental agencies and ideas of modernity, and that globalization is neither a unique nor unprecedented process, this book addresses the...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. 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
9. 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 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. 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