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Assesses the tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, institutions, and communities dedicated to African studies. This book examines African scholars' struggle against paradigms that have justified and covered up colonialism, militarism, and underdevelopment.
A multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads, this title looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social and cultural.
In this text, Jerrold Hirsch reviews the founding of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) and the significance of its ""American Guide"" series, considering the choices made by the administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity.
This volume explores TLRs across India's diverse educational landscape. It examines the profound impact of TLRs on student... Læs mere
This book offers a comprehensive sociological account of cyber-enabled fraud in Africa... Læs mere
First published in 1978, China's Role in World Affairs analyses China’s foreign policy within a framework suggested by the conceptualisation of the outside world and China’s place within it, as articulated and acted upon by China’s leaders.
Introducing Yugoslavia (1954) looks at the racial and historic chequer-board of 1950s Yugoslavia, providing a fascinating insight into the social and cultural aspects of a land... Læs mere
First published in 1992, A Future for Africa looks at the crises plaguing the Africa’s societies and economies and argues convincingly that the problems are not insuperable, but that, though their causes are largely external, the only long-term solutions rest in African hands.
First published in 1992, Pacific Asia in the 1990s explores the main economic and political trends among the Pacific Asian countries in the second half of the 1980s. It suggests where the potential problems lie and where the opportunities are.
Britain and Nyasaland (1964) is a study of the political development of Nyasaland under British control. The author outlines the muddle of forces which resulted in the British... Læs mere
Originally published in 1983 and here reissuing the 2nd edition of 1993, An Introduction to South Asia presents the geographical and historical background to diversities of... Læs mere
General T. Perronet Thompson (1957) examines the life of this British Parliamentarian and radical reformer. Active as an agitator against slavery, he was also a military officer and radical reformer who supported universal suffrage, and an activist against the Corn Laws.