Britain, France and the decolonization of Africa : future imperfect? / / edited by Andrew W.M. Smith and Chris Jeppesen
| Britain, France and the decolonization of Africa : future imperfect? / / edited by Andrew W.M. Smith and Chris Jeppesen |
| Autore | Jeppesen Chris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | UCL Press, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 960.3 |
| Soggetto topico | Decolonization - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
empire
france decolonization africa britain colonial Human rights |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910165178603321 |
Jeppesen Chris
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| UCL Press, 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China in Africa : the new colonialism?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, March 7, 2018
| China in Africa : the new colonialism?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, March 7, 2018 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 90 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - Economic aspects
Imperialism - Social aspects Roads - Africa - Design and construction |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | China in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706904003321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich
| Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich |
| Autore | Aldrich Robert <1954, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.76/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Homosexuality - Europe - Colonies - History
Gay men - Sexual behavior - Europe - Colonies Interpersonal relations - Europe - Colonies Gay men - Africa - Social conditions Gay men - Asia - Social conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-64460-4
1-281-10080-3 9786611100803 0-203-93017-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: The seduction of the colonies; Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love; Part I: Colonials and homosexuality; 1 The sex life of explorers; 2 Captains of empire; 3 The company of men; 4 Writers' lives and letters; 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism'; 6 Scandals and tragedies; Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality; 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia; 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia; 9 The British (and others) in South Asia; 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah
11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451345503321 |
Aldrich Robert <1954, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich
| Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich |
| Autore | Aldrich Robert <1954, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.76/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Homosexuality - Europe - Colonies - History
Gay men - Sexual behavior - Europe - Colonies Interpersonal relations - Europe - Colonies Gay men - Africa - Social conditions Gay men - Asia - Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-134-64459-0
1-134-64460-4 1-281-10080-3 9786611100803 0-203-93017-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: The seduction of the colonies; Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love; Part I: Colonials and homosexuality; 1 The sex life of explorers; 2 Captains of empire; 3 The company of men; 4 Writers' lives and letters; 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism'; 6 Scandals and tragedies; Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality; 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia; 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia; 9 The British (and others) in South Asia; 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah
11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784739403321 |
Aldrich Robert <1954, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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German Colonialism in Africa
| German Colonialism in Africa |
| Autore | Bachmann Klaus |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt a.M. : , : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| Collana | Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa
Bachmann Barbara Colonial atrocities Colonialism German German/Namibian settlement Germany's colonial rule in Africa Klaus Klich Kluczewska |
| ISBN |
3-631-90270-0
3-631-89639-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- HalfTitle -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of maps -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Benevolent colonialism? German colonial rule and the reconstruction of Rwanda's history today4 -- One coup, two narratives -- Regional conflict versus ethnic struggle -- Mutual stereotyping in early colonial times -- The controversy about slavery in Rwanda -- An ever-salient fight against non-existent slavery -- German colonial rule over Rwanda from today's perspective -- 2. Between the King, the Church and the Emperor - Ijwi Island as a Rwandan, German, Belgian and Protestant colony55 -- Gisaka as a protestant enclave -- A protestant island under Rwandan, German and Belgian rule -- The dark side of German rule for the royal court -- 3. The IRIBA Centre & -- the Young Artists in the City Programme Rwanda: The experience of a Decolonial Documentation, on German colonization. -- Introduction -- Understanding the burden of German colonization in Rwanda (1894-1916) -- Revisiting the German colonial past in Rwanda with the post-modern generation -- Who are the Young Artists in the City of Rwanda? -- Documenting the traces of German colonisation in Rwanda, putting into a decolonized narrative, by Rwandan voices -- Three sites or areas of investigation -- Some observations to share, to deepen... -- Partial conclusion -- 4. Contemporary conflicts in Cameroon and their roots in colonial boundary delimitation -- German Kamerun (1884-1916) -- World War I in Kamerun, condomimium and partition -- 1. Interstate conflicts: Territorial claims over Bakassi -- 2. National conflicts: The case of Southern Cameroon -- Disruptive land and boundary disputes between ethnic groups -- Conclusions -- 5. Four famines in Rwanda. The social and political impact of natural disasters on the legitimacy of Rwandan governance135.
A weak king in a ravaged country -- The 1905 famine in the North -- The Rumanura famine147 -- The Rwakayihura famine -- World War II and the Great Ruzagayura Famine -- Disaster and legitimacy -- 6. Paying for colonial atrocities. The paradoxical outcome and the unexpected adverse consequences of the German-Namibian settlement concerning the genocide against the Herero and Nama211 -- Introduction -- Germany's colonial atrocities in its only settler colony -- The main international law concepts for reparations and compensation for past atrocities committed by states and state-like actors -- The negotiations -- An ambiguous result -- The puzzle: Why did Germany agree to pay without an apparent legal case? -- Creating a precedent while trying to avoid one -- 7. A keyhole to Rwandan history284. Missionary accounts about pre-colonial Rwanda and their limitations -- Gatekeeping and creating grand narratives -- The pitfalls of missionary accounts -- Superstition versus religious truth -- The gender gap in early colonial history -- Missionaries' own political agenda -- Conversion by brute force -- Conclusion -- 8. The White Fathers and Rwandan Society during the German colonial period (1900-1916) -- Historical sources -- Difficulty in writing the history of the mission -- The ideological dimension -- The political dimension -- The economic dimension -- The socio-cultural dimension -- Conclusion -- Annex -- N° 1. Letter from brother Herménégilde of 25 August 1907 to Bischop Livinhac511 -- The original version of the letter in French518: -- N° 2 Father Malet's report of 1909 regarding Rwaza525 -- N° 3 Reasons that have been very detrimental for the development of the mission in Rwanda530 -- I°. Politics and bad politics were made. -- Sacred Heart of Issavi, the first station to be founded. -- Our Lady of the Saints at Kissaka (Nsasa). Nyundo, founded in 1901. -- Rwasa, Mulera province, founded in 1903 (Frs. Classe, Dufays, Brother Herménégilde). -- Mibirizi, also founded in 1903 (Frs. Zumbiel [Zuembiehl], Cunrath, Verfurth). -- Murunda, founded in 1909-10 and Rulindo in 1909. -- Kabgaye, founded in 1905-1906. -- Nyaruhengeri founded in 1910. -- II. The missionaries were divided on the method to adopt towards the Banyarwanda to convert them. -- III. My Lord was not understood... but above all he was not listened to. Everything was hidden from him, or more or less. -- Year 1905 -- Year 1906 -- In 1914, in the month of June, Monseigneur founded the post of "Bushiru" between Nyundo and Rwasa (Irubura). -- IV. Some of the reasons which in the meantime may have accentuated the division: -- V°. The situation - Some remedies. Desiderata. -- A.- Softness: -- B.- Obedience: -- C.- Charity: -- The Editors and Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911011828103321 |
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| Frankfurt a.M. : , : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, , 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Une histoire des plantes coloniales [[electronic resource] ] : du cacao à la vanille / / Serge Volper
| Une histoire des plantes coloniales [[electronic resource] ] : du cacao à la vanille / / Serge Volper |
| Autore | Volper Serge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Versailles, France : , : Éditions Quae, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Cocoa
Cocoa trade - Africa Cocoa trade - France Vanilla Vanilla industry - Africa Vanilla industry - France |
| ISBN | 2-7592-1031-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779026103321 |
Volper Serge
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| Versailles, France : , : Éditions Quae, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Images and empires : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa / / edited by Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin
| Images and empires : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa / / edited by Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 pages) |
| Disciplina | 301/.096 |
| Soggetto topico | Postcolonialism - Africa |
| ISBN |
052092729X
9780520927292 1597346675 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. An Amazing Distance: Pictures and People in Africa; 1. "Our Mosquitoes Are Not So Big": Images and Modernity in Zimbabwe; 2. The Sleep of the Brave: Graves as Sites and Signs in the Colonial Eastern Cape; 3. Tintin and the Interruptions of Congolese Comics; 4. Cartooning Nigerian Anticolonial Nationalism; 5. Empires of the Visual: Photography and Colonial Administration in Africa; 6. Portraits of Modernity: Fashioning Selves in Dakarois Popular Photography
7. Mami Wata and Santa Marta: Imag(in)ing Selves and Others in Africa and the Americas8. "Captured on Film": Bushmen and the Claptrap of Performative Primitives; 9. Decentering the Gaze at French Colonial Exhibitions; 10. The Politics of Bushman Representations; 11. Omada Art at the Crossroads of Colonialisms; 12. Bad Copies: The Colonial Aesthetic and the Manjaco-Portuguese Encounter; Conclusion: Signifying Power in Africa; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972733303321 |
| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Muslim family law in sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : colonial legacies and post-colonial challenges / / Shamil Jeppie, Ebrahim Moosa & Richard Roberts (eds.)
| Muslim family law in sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : colonial legacies and post-colonial challenges / / Shamil Jeppie, Ebrahim Moosa & Richard Roberts (eds.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 346.67015088297 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JeppieShamil
MoosaEbrahim RobertsRichard L. <1949-> |
| Collana | ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies |
| Soggetto topico | Colonies - Administration |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-63416-X
9786612634161 90-485-1132-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt.1. Colonizing Muslim family law in Africa -- pt. 2. Muslim family law, the postcolonial state, and constitutionalism in Africa. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457978703321 |
| Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Muslim family law in sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : colonial legacies and post-colonial challenges / / Shamil Jeppie, Ebrahim Moosa & Richard Roberts (eds.)
| Muslim family law in sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : colonial legacies and post-colonial challenges / / Shamil Jeppie, Ebrahim Moosa & Richard Roberts (eds.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 388 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 346.67015088297 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JeppieShamil
MoosaEbrahim RobertsRichard L. <1949-> |
| Collana | ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies |
| Soggetto topico | Colonies - Administration |
| ISBN |
9789089641724
9786612634161 90-485-1132-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt.1. Colonizing Muslim family law in Africa -- pt. 2. Muslim family law, the postcolonial state, and constitutionalism in Africa. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791347703321 |
| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The partition of Africa, 1880-1900 and European imperialism in the nineteenth century / / John M. MacKenzie
| The partition of Africa, 1880-1900 and European imperialism in the nineteenth century / / John M. MacKenzie |
| Autore | MacKenzie John M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Methuen, , 1983 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (51 p.) |
| Disciplina |
960.23
960/.23 |
| Collana | Lancaster pamphlets |
| Soggetto topico | Colonies - Africa - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-83610-8
1-280-14346-0 0-203-97633-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Time-chart; The Partition of Africa 1880-1900; Bibliography; Notes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451094703321 |
MacKenzie John M.
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| London ; ; New York : , : Methuen, , 1983 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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