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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “onni gust”
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  • Unhomely Empire

    Whiteness and Belonging, c.1760-1830

    by Onni Gust ...
    Series series Empire’s Other Histories
    This book examines the role of Scottish Enlightenment ideas of belonging in the construction and circulation of white supremacist thought that sought to justify British imperial rule. During the 18th century, European imperial expansion radically increased population mobility through the forging of new trade routes, war, disease, enslavement and displacement. In this book, Onni Gust argues that ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Troubling the Island Story

    The Impact and Legacy of Catherine Hall’s Historical Work in and beyond Britain

    Edited by Esme Cleall, Fae Dussart, Onni Gust ...
    Series series Empire’s Other Histories
    This edited collection engages with the work of the eminent historian Catherine Hall and her influence on the development of recent British Historiography. Over her career Hall has had a pivotal impact on a number of historiographical and disciplinary fields including British History, Colonial, Imperial and Postcolonial Studies, Gender History, Geography, Education, and Museum Studies. In ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

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    by Sonya O. Rose ...
    Series series What is History?
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  • What's Wrong with Benevolence

    Happiness, Private Property, and the Limits of Enlightenment

    by David Stove ...
    Is benevolence a virtue? In many cases it appears to be so. But when it comes to the enlarged benevolence” of the Enlightenment, David Stove argues that the answer is clearly no. In this insightful, provocative essay, Stove builds a case for the claim that when benevolence is universal, disinterested and external, it regularly leads to the forced redistribution of wealth, which in turn leads to ... Read more

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  • Burdens of History

    British Feminists, Indian Women, and Imperial Culture, 1865-1915

    by Antoinette Burton ...
    In this study of British middle-class feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Antoinette Burton explores an important but neglected historical dimension of the relationship between feminism and imperialism. Demonstrating how feminists in the United Kingdom appropriated imperialistic ideology and rhetoric to justify their own right to equality, she reveals a variety of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Age of Light, Soap, and Water

    Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925

    by Mariana Valverde ...
    "BACK IN PRINT WITH A NEW INTRODUCTIONThe turn of the last century saw a great wave of moral fervour among Protestant social reformers in English Canada. Their targets for moral reform were various: sex hygiene, immigration policy, slum clearance, prostitution, and “white slavery.”Mariana Valverde's groundbreaking The Age of Light, Soap, and Waterexamines the work and the ideas of moralist clergy, ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Colonising New Zealand

    A Reappraisal

    by Paul Moon ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
    Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand. It commences by confronting the problems arising from subjective and ever-evolving moral judgements about colonisation and examines the possibility of understanding colonisation beyond the confines of any preoccupations with moral perspectives.It then investigates the motives ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Stigma

    The Machinery of Inequality

    by Imogen Tyler ...
    Stigma is a corrosive social force by which individuals and communities throughout history have been systematically dehumanised, scapegoated and oppressed. From the literal stigmatizing (tattooing) of criminals in ancient Greece, to modern day discrimination against Muslims, refugees and the 'undeserving poor', stigma has long been a means of securing the interests of powerful elites.In this ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Settler Colonialism

    A Theoretical Overview

    by L. Veracini ...
    Series series History (R0)
    A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. ... Read more

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  • The Victorians

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Professor Martin Hewitt ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Contemporary Britain is still in large part Victorian in its transport networks, sewage systems, streets, and houses. Victorian cultural legacies, especially in art, science, and literature, are still ... Read more

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  • Just War and International Order

    The Uncivil Condition in World Politics

    by Nicholas Rengger ...
    At the opening of the twenty-first century, while obviously the world is still struggling with violence and conflict, many commentators argue that there are many reasons for supposing that restrictions on the use of force are growing. The establishment of the International Criminal Court, the growing sophistication of international humanitarian law and the 'rebirth' of the just war tradition over ... Read more

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  • Greed, Lust and Gender

    A History of Economic Ideas

    by Nancy Folbre ...
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