Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

Drayton, R. (Ed), Dubow, S. (Ed)

The Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies series is a well-established collection of over 100 volumes focussing on empires in world history and on the societies and cultures that emerged from, and challenged, colonial rule. The collection includes transnational, comparative and connective studies, as well as works addressing the ways in which particular regions or nations interact with global forces. In its formative years, the series focused on the British Empire and Commonwealth, but there is now no imperial system, period of human history or part of the world that lies outside of its compass. While we particularly welcome the first monographs of young researchers, we also seek major studies by more senior scholars, and welcome collections of essays with a strong thematic focus that help to set new research agendas. As well as history, the series includes work on politics, economics, culture, archaeology, literature, science, art, medicine, and war. Our aim is to collect the most exciting new scholarship on world history and to make this available to a broad scholarly readership in a timely manner.

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German and United States Colonialism in a Connected World Book

German and United States Colonialism in a Connected World

Lahti, J. (Ed) (2021)

This book contributes to global history by examining the connected histories of German and United States colonial empires from the early nineteenth century to the Nazi era. It …

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‘Africa Forms the Key’ Book

‘Africa Forms the Key’

Chetty, S. (2021)

This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa …

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Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe Book

Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe

Andresen, K. (Ed), Justke, S. (Ed), Siegfried, D. (Ed) (2021)

This edited collection examines how Western European countries have responded and been influenced by the apartheid system in South Africa. The debate surrounding apartheid in …

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The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa Book

The Business of Development in Post-Colonial Africa

Dimier, V. (Ed), Stockwell, S. (Ed) (2020)

This collection brings together a range of case studies by both established and early career scholars to consider the nexus between business and development in post-colonial …

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The Memory of Colonialism in Britain and France Book

The Memory of Colonialism in Britain and France

Lotem, I. (2020)

This book explores national attitudes to remembering colonialism in Britain and France. By comparing these two former colonial powers, the author tells two distinct stories about …

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Benevolent Colonizers in Nineteenth-Century Australia Book

Benevolent Colonizers in Nineteenth-Century Australia

Bischoff, E. (2020)

This book reconstructs the history of a group of British Quaker families and their involvement in the process of settler colonialism in early nineteenth-century Australia. Their …

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Malawian Migration to Zimbabwe, 1900–1965 Book

Malawian Migration to Zimbabwe, 1900–1965

Groves, Z. R. (2020)

This book explores the culture of migration that emerged in Malawi in the early twentieth century as the British colony became central to labour migration in southern Africa. …

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Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab Book

Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab

Brunner, M. P. (2020)

This book explores the localisation of modernity in late colonial India. As a case study, it focuses on the hitherto untold colonial history of Khalsa College, Amritsar, a …

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Southern Rhodesia–South Africa Relations, 1923–1953 Book

Southern Rhodesia–South Africa Relations, 1923–1953

Mlombo, A. (2020)

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the ‘special relationship’ between Southern Rhodesia and South Africa. While most studies approach this from the history of …

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Viceregalism Book

Viceregalism

Kumarasingham, H. (Ed) (2020)

This book examines how the Crown has performed as Head of State across the UK and post war Commonwealth during times of political crisis. It explores the little-known …

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Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century Book

Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century

Dubow, S. (Ed), Drayton, R. (Ed) (2020)

This edited collection draws together new historical writing on the Commonwealth. It features the work of younger scholars, as well as established academics, and highlights themes …

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The Dutch Empire between Ideas and Practice, 1600–2000 Book

The Dutch Empire between Ideas and Practice, 1600–2000

Koekkoek, R. (Ed), Richard, A. (Ed), Weststeijn, A. (Ed) (2019)

This volume explores the intellectual history of the Dutch Empire from a long-term and global perspective, analysing how ideas and visions of empire took shape in imperial …

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Ireland’s Imperial Connections, 1775–1947 Book

Ireland’s Imperial Connections, 1775–1947

Roberts, D. S. (Ed), Wright, J. J. (Ed) (2019)

This edited collection explores the complexities of Irish involvement in empire. Despite complaining regularly of treatment as a colony by England, Ireland nevertheless played a …

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Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy Book

Afghanistan and the Coloniality of Diplomacy

Drephal, M. (2019)

This book offers an institutional history of the British Legation in Kabul, which was established in response to the independence of Afghanistan in 1919. It contextualises this …

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Shaping Natural History and Settler Society Book

Shaping Natural History and Settler Society

Hammel, T. (2019)

This book explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a …

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Resistance and Colonialism Book

Resistance and Colonialism

Domingos, N. (Ed), Jerónimo, M. B. (Ed), Roque, R. (Ed) (2019)

This volume offers a critical re-examination of colonial and anti-colonial resistance imageries and practices in imperial history. It offers a fresh critique of both pejorative …

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Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa Book

Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa

Kobayashi, K. (2019)

This book focuses on the significant role of West African consumers in the development of the global economy. It explores their demand for Indian cotton textiles and how their …

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Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies Book

Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies

Stucki, A. (2019)

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 …

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Church, State and Colonialism in Southeastern Congo, 1890–1962 Book

Church, State and Colonialism in Southeastern Congo, 1890–1962

Loffman, R. A. (2019)

This book examines the relationship between Catholic missionaries and the colonial administration in southeastern Belgian Congo. It challenges the perception that the Church and …

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Outlaws, Anxiety, and Disorder in Southern Africa Book

Outlaws, Anxiety, and Disorder in Southern Africa

King, R. (2019)

This book explores how objects, landscapes, and architecture were at the heart of how people imagined outlaws and disorder in colonial southern Africa. Drawing on evidence from …

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