As 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 …

This book traces the spread of a global anti-imperialism from the vantage point of Paris
between the two World Wars, where countless future leaders of Third World countries spent …

This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous
and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children's lives …

Domicile and Diaspora investigates geographies of home and identity for Anglo-Indian
women in the 50 years before and after Indian independence in 1947. The first book to study …

As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting
in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” …

In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation,
France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet …

This account of imperialism explores recent intellectual, theoretical and conceptual
developments in imperial history, including interdisciplinary and post-colonial perspectives …

Black women living in the French empire played a key role in the decolonial movements of
the mid-twentieth century. Thinkers and activists, these women lived lives of commitment …

Europe's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific
distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions …

From 2004 to 2006 the Osage Nation conducted a contentious governmental reform process
in which sharply differing visions arose over the new government's goals, the Nation's own …