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  • The Legacy of Indian Indenture

    Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Migration and Diaspora

    Edited by Maurits S. Hassankhan, Lomarsh Roopnarine, Hans Ramsoedh ...
    This book is the second publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname.The articles are grouped in four sections.Section one concentrates on indenture in the Caribbean and the IndianOcean and includes four ... Read more

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  • Coolie Woman

    The Odyssey of Indenture

    by Gaiutra Bahadur ...
    Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize: "[Bahadur] combines her journalistic eye for detail and story-telling gifts with probing questions . . . a haunting portrait." — The IndependentIn 1903, a young woman sailed from India to Guiana as a "coolie" —the British name for indentured laborers who replaced the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the world. Pregnant and traveling alone, ... Read more

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  • Replenishing the Earth:The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld

    The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld

    by James Belich ...
    Why does so much of the world speak English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the settler dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.Between 1780 and 1930 the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Crossing the Bay of Bengal

    by Sunil S. Amrith ...
    For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Integrating environmental history and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil S. Amrith offers insights to the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III: The Nineteenth Century

    by Wm Roger Louis ...
    Series Book 3 - The Oxford History of the British Empire
    The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • India and the British Empire

    by Peers & Gooptu (eds) ...
    Series series Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
    South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection address a number of these important developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay between ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Forest of Tigers

    People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans

    by Annu Jalais ...
    Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove islands that comprise the Sundarbans area of the Bengal delta are the setting for this pioneering anthropological work. The key question that the author explores is: what do tigers mean for the islanders of the Sundarbans? The diverse origins and current occupations of the local population produce different answers to this ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • The Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka

    From Communalism to Secession

    by Gnanapala Welhengama, Nirmala Pillay ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Law
    Among the examples of civil wars, armed secessionist movements and minority uprisings in the world today, many involve conflict between a minority group’s aim for political self-determination, and the nation state’s resistance to any diminution of sovereignty. With the expansion of the international regime of human rights, minority groups have reconceptualised their struggle with the understanding ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Law and Legal Institutions of Asia

    Traditions, Adaptations and Innovations

    Edited by E. Ann Black, Gary F. Bell ...
    The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance, both within and outside Asia. Lawyers, whether in Australia, America or Europe, or working within an Asian jurisdiction, require a sound knowledge of how the law operates across this fast-growing and diverse region. Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key ... Read more

    $185.99 CAD

  • Freedom, Festivals and Caste in Trinidad After Slavery

    A Society in Transition

    by Neil A. Sookdeo ...
    Dr. SookDeos book shows the relevance of the past to the present by using the case study of Trinidad that highlights the crippling disadvantages that accrue to any people experiencing segregation, no matter the era or system of government. The study challenges notions of free labor, caste and free immigration, especially as it applied to the Caribbean region at the end of slavery and Emancipation ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Simbhoonath Capildeo’s Discourse of the Rejuvenation and Development of Trinidad and Tobago, Deconstructed

    The Simbhoonath Capildeo Dossier, #1

    by Daurius Figueira ...
    Series Book 1 - The Simbhoonath Capildeo Dossier
    This work originally published in 2003 was revised in 2025 by adding the speeches of Simbhoonath Capildeo made in the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago from March to June 1976 in addition to an extensive interview of Simbhoonath Capildeo published in one of the daily newspapers of T&T in 1976. The public political discourse of Simbhoonath Capildeo has then being completely unearthed and deconstructed ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Singapore

    Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015

    Edited by Jason Lim, Terence Lee ...
    On 9 August 2015, Singapore celebrated its 50th year of national independence, a milestone for the nation as it has overcome major economic, social, cultural and political challenges in a short period of time. Whilst this was a celebratory event to acknowledge the role of the People’s Action Party (PAP) government, it was also marked by national remembrance as founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD