Colonial Studies Books

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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 8,563 ratings — published 1950
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 30,979 ratings — published 1978
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 34,293 ratings — published 1961
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as colonial-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,586 ratings — published 2005
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Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 367 ratings — published 2002
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,039 ratings — published 1971
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Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 273 ratings — published 2012
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Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 927 ratings — published 1995
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The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 76 ratings — published 2012
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At the end of the line: Colonial policing and the imperial endgame 1945–80 (Studies in Imperialism, 64) At the end of the line: Colonial policing and the imperial endgame 1945–80 (Studies in Imperialism, 64)
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avg rating 3.00 — 4 ratings — published 2007
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Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 369 ratings — published 1992
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Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 136 ratings — published 2000
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Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 131 ratings — published 1996
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The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History) The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History)
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avg rating 3.80 — 291 ratings — published 1993
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Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal Thought Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal Thought (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 83 ratings — published 1999
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Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 132 ratings — published 2005
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Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 258 ratings — published 1995
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 20,246 ratings — published 1952
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Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 68 ratings — published 1997
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Aníbal Quijano: Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power Aníbal Quijano: Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 29 ratings — published
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Indians at Work: An Informal History of Native Labour in British Columbia, 1858-1930 Indians at Work: An Informal History of Native Labour in British Columbia, 1858-1930 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as colonial-studies)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1996
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Assault on Paradise Assault on Paradise (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 162 ratings — published 1992
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 24,797 ratings — published 2019
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The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2000
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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.77 — 5,734 ratings — published 2025
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The Post-Colonial Studies Reader The Post-Colonial Studies Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as colonial-studies)
avg rating 3.92 — 185 ratings — published 1994
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 10,958 ratings — published 2006
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The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 39 ratings — published
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Nouvelle-Calédonie, la révolte kanake (La Brèche) (French Edition) Nouvelle-Calédonie, la révolte kanake (La Brèche) (French Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Décoloniser la Kanaky-Nouvelle-Calédonie Décoloniser la Kanaky-Nouvelle-Calédonie (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 7 ratings — published
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Guadeloupe, mai 67 - Massacrer et laisser mourir Guadeloupe, mai 67 - Massacrer et laisser mourir (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.64 — 25 ratings — published
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La guerre du Cameroun. L’invention de la Françafrique (1948-1971) La guerre du Cameroun. L’invention de la Françafrique (1948-1971)
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avg rating 4.30 — 83 ratings — published
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Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962–1979 Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962–1979 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 30 ratings — published 2017
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Histoire de la France coloniale - Des origines à 1914: Des origines à 1914 Histoire de la France coloniale - Des origines à 1914: Des origines à 1914 (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.40 — 5 ratings — published
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L'Empire qui ne veut pas mourir. Une histoire de la Françafrique L'Empire qui ne veut pas mourir. Une histoire de la Françafrique (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.72 — 25 ratings — published
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Histoire de la France coloniale - 1914-1990 Histoire de la France coloniale - 1914-1990
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avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published
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La conquête: Comment les Français ont pris possession de l’Algérie 1830-1848 La conquête: Comment les Français ont pris possession de l’Algérie 1830-1848 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published
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Haïti-France Les Chaînes De La Dette: Le Rapport Mackau (1825) (French Edition) Haïti-France Les Chaînes De La Dette: Le Rapport Mackau (1825) (French Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 2,138 ratings — published 2020
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Champlain's Dream Champlain's Dream (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,723 ratings — published 2008
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On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Lands and Peoples On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Lands and Peoples (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published
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We Could Perceive No Sign of Them: Failed Colonies in North America, 1526–1689 We Could Perceive No Sign of Them: Failed Colonies in North America, 1526–1689 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as colonial-studies)
avg rating 3.98 — 40 ratings — published
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Mestiza Mestiza (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 535 ratings — published
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Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples: The Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples: The Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as colonial-studies)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published 2009
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Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series) Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
by (shelved 1 time as colonial-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,837 ratings — published 1939
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Colonialism and Its Legacies Colonialism and Its Legacies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2011
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“From this I came to understand that identity is not a set of fixed attributed, the unchanging essence of the inner self, but a constantly shifting process of positioning. We tend to think of identity as taking us back to our roots, the part of us which remains essentially the same across time. In fact, identity is always a never-completed process of becoming - a process of shifting identifications, rather than a singular, complete, finished state of being.”
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