Resistance and Colonialism Insurgent Peoples in World History

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Synopsis

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 and celebratory readings of ‘insurgent peoples’, and it seeks to revitalize the study of ‘resistance’ as an analytical field in the comparative history of Western colonialisms. It explores how to read and (de)code these issues in archival documents – and how to conjugate documental approaches with oral history, indigenous memories, and international histories of empire. The topics explored include runaway slaves and slave rebellions, mutiny and banditry, memories and practices of guerrilla and liberation, diplomatic negotiations and cross-border confrontations, theft, collaboration, and even the subversive effects of nature in colonial projects of labor exploitation.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2019
Series:
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Author:
Ricardo Roque, Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, Nuno Domingos
ISBN:
9783030191672
Related ISBNs:
9783030191665
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-11-29
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, History, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies