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How empire shaped us
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ISBN: 147422301X 1474223001 9781474223003 1474222994 9781474222990 9781474222983 1474222986 9781474222990 1474222978 9781474222976 9781474223010 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic,

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Few historical subjects have generated such intense and sustained interest in recent decades as Britain's imperial past. What accounts for this preoccupation? Why has it gained such purchase on the historical imagination? How has it endured even as its subject slips further into the past?In seeking to answer these questions, the proposed volume brings together some of the leading figures in the field, historians of different generations, different nationalities, different methodological and theoretical perspectives and different ideological persuasions. Each addresses the relationship between their personal development as historians of empire and the larger forces and events that helped to shape their careers. The result is a book that investigates the connections between the past and the present, the private and the public, the professional practices of historians and the political environments within which they take shape. This intellectual genealogy of the recent historiography of empire will be of great value to anyone studying or researching in the field of imperial history.--publisher.


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Re-framing the transnational turn in American studies
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ISBN: 1283378973 9786613378972 161168191X 9781611681918 1611681898 9781611681895 1611681901 9781611681901 9781283378970 9781611681895 9781611681901 Year: 2011 Publisher: Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College Press,

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What is the state of American studies in the twenty-first century?

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Literature and transnationalism. --- National characteristics, American, in literature. --- American literature --- Transnationalism and literature --- Transnationalism --- History and criticism. --- Literatura americana --- Temes en la literatura --- Transnacionalisme --- Imperialisme --- Expansió colonial --- Ciències polítiques --- Bonapartisme --- Colonització --- Dependència (Política) --- Descolonització --- Capitalisme --- Cesarisme --- Expansió territorial --- Moviments antiimperialistes --- Política exterior --- Migració internacional --- Migració transnacional --- Migració (Població) --- Globalització --- Multiculturalisme --- Xarxes socials --- Motius en la literatura --- Temes i motius en la literatura --- Literatura --- Amor en la literatura --- Ciutats en la literatura --- Cristianisme en la literatura --- Decadència en la literatura --- Distopies en la literatura --- Doble en la literatura --- Dones en la literatura --- Erotisme en la literatura --- Guerra en la literatura --- Homes en la literatura --- Humanisme en la literatura --- Idealisme en la literatura --- Jo en la literatura --- Jueus en la literatura --- Llenguatge corporal en la literatura --- Matrimoni en la literatura --- Memòria en la literatura --- Mimesi en la literatura --- Mort en la literatura --- Nacionalisme en la literatura --- Naturalisme en la literatura --- Paisatge en la literatura --- Realisme en la literatura --- Sentimentalisme en la literatura --- Sexualitat en la literatura --- Simbolisme en la literatura --- Sobrenatural en la literatura --- Subjectivitat en la literatura --- Utopies en la literatura --- Viatge en la literatura --- Violència en la literatura --- Literatura llatinoamericana --- Literatura nord-americana --- Novel·la americana --- Poesia americana --- Autobiografia en la literatura --- Identitat col·lectiva en la literatura


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Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies : Feminizing the Portuguese and Spanish Empire, 1950s–1970s
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ISBN: 3030172309 3030172295 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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This book examines how and why Portugal and Spain increasingly engaged with women in their African colonies in the crucial period from the 1950s to the 1970s. It explores the rhetoric of benevolent Iberian colonialism, gendered Westernization, and development for African women as well as actual imperial practices – from forced resettlement to sexual exploitation to promoting domestic skills. Focusing on Angola, Mozambique, Western Sahara, and Equatorial Guinea, the author mines newly available and neglected documents, including sources from Portuguese and Spanish women’s organizations overseas. They offer insights into how African women perceived and responded to their assigned roles within an elite that was meant to preserve the empires and stabilize Afro-Iberian ties. The book also retraces parallels and differences between imperial strategies regarding women and the notions of African anticolonial movements about what women should contribute to the struggle for independence and the creation of new nation-states.

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Spain --- Portugal --- Colonies --- Africa-History. --- Imperialism. --- Gender identity. --- World politics. --- Social history. --- African History. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- Gender and Sexuality. --- Political History. --- Social History. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Africa—History. --- Dones --- Gènere --- Imperialisme --- Colònies --- 1950-1970 --- Àfrica --- Espanya --- Anticolonialisme --- Països colonials --- Territoris dependents --- Colonització --- Colònies penitenciàries --- Dependència (Política) --- Descolonització --- Migració interna --- Moviments nativistes --- Protectorats --- Expansió colonial --- Ciències polítiques --- Bonapartisme --- Capitalisme --- Cesarisme --- Expansió territorial --- Moviments antiimperialistes --- Política exterior --- Violència contra les dones --- Diferències entre sexes --- Estudis de dones --- Estudis de gènere --- Identitat sexual --- Relacions home-dona --- Rol sexual --- Dona --- Dones joves --- Home --- Araboamericanes --- Àvies --- Discapacitades --- Dones aborígens --- Dones ameríndies --- Dones artistes --- Dones casades --- Dones de mitjana edat --- Dones en la publicitat --- Dones en la religió --- Dones grans --- Dones immigrants --- Dones maltractades --- Dones maltractadores --- Dones sindicalistes --- Dones soles --- Dones solteres --- Embarassades --- Feminisme --- Filles --- Filòsofes --- Fotografia de dones --- Germans (Antropologia) --- Jueves --- Heroïnes --- Mares --- Matriarcat --- Mestresses de casa --- Mullers --- Musulmanes --- Pageses --- Prostitutes --- Reines --- Treball de les dones --- Educació de la dona --- Misogínia --- Qüestió de la dona --- Serveis socials per a les dones --- Sida en les dones --- Treball social amb les dones --- República Portuguesa --- Europa del Sud --- Països de la Unió Europea --- Península Ibèrica --- Açores --- Alentejo (Portugal : Regió) --- Algarve (Portugal : Regió) --- Beja (Portugal : Districte) --- Castelo de Vide (Portugal) --- Coïmbra (Portugal : Districte) --- Lisboa (Portugal : Districte) --- Madeira (Portugal : Arxipèlag) --- Porto (Portugal : Districte) --- Setúbal (Portugal : Districte) --- Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal) --- Viseu (Portugal : Districte) --- Espanya (Regne) --- Sefarad --- Estado Español --- Reino de España --- Andalusia --- Aragó --- Astúries --- Canàries --- Cantàbria --- Castella-la Manxa --- Castella i Lleó --- Catalunya --- Ceuta --- Chafarinas (Espanya) --- Ebre (Espanya : Curs d'aigua) --- Extremadura --- Galícia --- Guadiana (Espanya : Curs d'aigua) --- Illes Balears --- Madrid (Comunitat autònoma) --- Melilla --- Múrcia (Comunitat autònoma) --- Navarra --- País Basc --- País Valencià --- Rioja --- Serralada Cantàbrica --- Serralada Ibèrica --- Túria (Espanya : Curs d'aigua) --- Estats i territoris --- Terra (Planeta) --- Àfrica central --- Àfrica del Nord --- Àfrica occidental --- Àfrica oriental --- Nil (Àfrica : Curs d'aigua) --- Sud-àfrica --- Dones indígenes --- Gender dysphoria --- Identitat de gènere --- Africa --- History.


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Itinerario.
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ISSN: 20412827 Year: 1977 Publisher: [Leyden] : [Cambridge] : [Leiden Centre for the History of European Expansion] Cambridge University Press

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Colonies --- Imperialism --- Colonies. --- Imperialism. --- Netherlandish colonies. --- Anti-colonialism --- Colonial affairs --- Colonialism --- Neocolonialism --- Non-self-governing territories --- Colonization --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- History --- Industries --- Netherlands --- The Netherlands --- Pays-Bas --- Países Baixos --- Holland --- Spanish Netherlands --- Pays-Bas espagnols --- Austrian Netherlands --- Pays-Bas autrichiens --- Oostenrijkse Nederlanden --- Southern Netherlands --- Pays-Bas méridionaux --- Zuidelijke Nederlanden --- Niderlandy --- Belanda --- Nederland --- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden --- Reino dos Países Baixos --- Royaume des Pays-Bas --- Kingdom of the Netherlands --- Países Bajos --- Holanda --- Nederlân --- Hulanda --- Beulanda --- Niderland --- Niderlande --- هولندا --- مملكة هولندا --- Mamlakat Hūlandā --- Olanda --- Payis-Bâs --- Países Baxos --- Aynacha Jach'a Markanaka --- Nirlan --- Niderland Krallığı --- Kē-tē-kok --- Landa --- Kerajaan Landa --- Нидерландтар --- Niderlandtar --- Нидерландтар Короллеге --- Niderlandtar Korollege --- Нідэрланды --- Каралеўства Нідэрланды --- Karaleŭstva Nidėrlandy --- Nederlands --- Niadaland --- Holandija --- Kraljevina Holandija --- Izelvroioù --- Нидерландия --- Niderlandii︠a︡ --- Кралство Нидерландия --- Kralstvo Niderlandii︠a︡ --- Països Baixos --- Нидерландсем --- Niderlandsem --- Нидерландсен Патшалăхĕ --- Niderlandsen Patshalăkhĕ --- Nizozemsko --- Paesi Bassi --- Regnu di i Paesi Bassi --- Iseldiroedd --- Nederlandene --- Niederlande --- Kéyah Wóyahgo Siʼánígíí --- Nižozemska --- Kralojstwo Nederlandow --- Madalmaad --- Ολλανδία --- Ollandia --- Hollandia --- Κάτω Χώρες --- Katō Chōres --- Βασίλειο των Κάτω Χωρών --- Vasileio tōn Katō Chōrōn --- Nederlando --- Reĝlando Nederlando --- Paisis Bajus --- Herbehereak --- Herbehereetako Erresumaren --- هلند --- Huland --- Niðurlond --- Háland --- Paîs Bas --- Neerlande --- Ísiltír --- Ríocht na hÍsiltíre --- Çheer Injil --- Çheer y Vagheragh --- Reeriaght ny Çheer Injil --- Tìrean Ìsle --- Hò-làn --- Недерлендин Нутг --- Nederlendin Nutg --- 네덜란드 --- Nedŏllandŭ --- Hōlani --- Nederlandia --- Pais Basse --- Regno del Paises Basse --- Нидерландтæ --- Niderlandtæ --- Нидерландты Къаролад --- Niderlandty Kʺarolad --- Konungsríkið Holland --- הולנד --- Holand --- ממלכת ארצות השפלה --- Mamlekhet Artsot ha-Shefelah --- Walanda --- Hollandi --- Нидерландла --- Niderlandla --- Нидерландланы Королевствосу --- Niderlandlany Korolevstvosu --- Néderlandzkô --- Нидерланд --- Iseldiryow --- Ubuholandi --- Ubuhorandi --- Nederilande --- Нидерланддар --- Niderlanddar --- Uholanzi --- Ufalme wa Nchi za Chini --- Нидерландъяс --- Niderlandʺi︠a︡s --- Нидерландъяс Корольув --- Niderlandʺi︠a︡s Korolʹuv --- Peyiba --- Holenda --- Keyatiya Nederlandan --- Payises Bashos --- פאייסיס באשוס --- Nīderlandeja --- Batavia --- Regni Nederlandiarum --- Nīderlandes Karaliste --- Nyderlandai --- Nyderlandų Karalystė --- Paixi Basci --- Paes Bass --- Ulanda --- Holland Királyság --- Keninkryk fan 'e Nederlannen --- Reino di Hulanda --- Холандија --- Кралство Холандија --- Kralstvo Holandija --- Pajjiżi l-Baxxi --- Hōrana --- Недерлатт --- Nederlatt --- Оцязорксши Недерлатт --- Ot︠s︡i︠a︡zorksshi Nederlatt --- Нидерландын Вант Улс --- Niderlandyn Vant Uls --- Tlanitlālpan --- Huēyitlahtohcāyōtl in Tlanitlālpan --- Eben Eyong --- Nederlaand --- オランダ --- Oranda --- オランダ王国 --- Oranda Ōkoku --- Ulanna --- Nethiland --- Nederlande --- Holandska --- Holland (Kingdom) --- Batavian Republic --- United Provinces of the Netherlands --- Imperialisme. --- Colònies. --- Països Baixos. --- Europa. --- Anticolonialisme --- Països colonials --- Territoris dependents --- Colonització --- Colònies penitenciàries --- Dependència (Política) --- Descolonització --- Migració interna --- Moviments nativistes --- Protectorats --- Expansió colonial --- Ciències polítiques --- Bonapartisme --- Capitalisme --- Cesarisme --- Expansió territorial --- Moviments antiimperialistes --- Política exterior --- Netherland --- Pays-Bas méridionaux --- Provincias Unidas de los Paises Bajos --- Provinces-Unies --- Reino de Holanda --- Regne dels Països Baixos --- Europa occidental --- Països de la Unió Europea --- Limburg (Països Baixos) --- Drenthe (Països Baixos) --- Flevoland (Països Baixos) --- Frísia (Països Baixos) --- Zaltbommel (Països Baixos) --- Zelanda (Països Baixos) --- Benelux --- Estats i territoris --- Euràsia --- Alps --- Camí de Sant Jaume --- Corredor Mediterrani --- Danubi (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Europa central --- Europa de l'Est --- Europa del Nord --- Europa del Sud --- Rin (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Roine (Europa : Curs d'aigua) --- Tràcia (Regió històrica)

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