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  • Colonial Copyright

    Intellectual Property in Mandate Palestine

    When the British Empire enacted copyright law for its colonies and called it colonial, or Imperial, copyright, it had its own interests in mind. Deconstructing the imperial policy regarding copyright offers a startling glimpse into how this law was received in the colonies themselves. Offering the first in-depth study from the point of view of the colonized, this book suggests a general model of ... Leer más

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  • Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire

    The British Empire, ”the biggest empire in history”once ruled a quarter of the globe. It was built by an incredible array of swashbuckling soldiers and sailors, pirates and adventurers who finally get their due in H. W. Crocker III's panoramic and provocative view of four hundred years of history that will delight and amuse, educate and entertain. Strap on your pith helmet for a rollicking ride ... Leer más

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  • Stuffed and Starved

    The Hidden Battle for the World Food System - Revised and Updated

    de Raj Patel ...
    Completely updated and revised edition of one of the most widely-praised food books of recent years.It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It ... Leer más

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  • Journey to a Hanging

    de Peter Wells ...
    Part history, part biography, part social commentary, this fascinating book is about infamous events that shook New Zealand to its core. In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name – Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) – became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to ... Leer más

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  • The Immobile Empire

    In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see eye to eye, and the trade talks failed. The ... Leer más

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  • Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa

    Logan of Matjiesfontein

    de Dean Allen ...
    Cecil John Rhodes once said he had only met two creators in South Africa: himself and James Douglas Logan, the Scottish-born founder of Matjiesfontein. Logan immigrated to South Africa in 1877 at the age of nineteen and almost immediately began amassing a fortune through business, politics and his high-profile association with that most favoured of imperial pastimes – cricket.Empire, War & Cricket ... Leer más

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  • Are We There Yet?

    The Future of the Treaty of Waitangi

    Three questions: ‘Where have we got to with the Treaty of Waitangi?’; ‘Is where we have got to a good place?’ and ‘Where do we go from here?’ Simple questions we thought. But nothing is simple when you start asking questions about the Treaty of Waitangi. Two years later we have emerged battered and bruised but with something we want to say. ‘Folks, we might be about to crash the truck and you’re ... Leer más

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  • Discovering Indigenous Lands

    The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies

    This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. North America, New Zealand and Australia were colonised by England under an international legal principle that is known today as the doctrine of discovery. When Europeans set out to explore and ... Leer más

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  • The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution

    Series series New Histories of American Law
    Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization. The failure to resolve the resulting tensions led to the thirteen continental colonies seceding from the empire in 1776. Challenging those historians who have assumed that the British had the law on their side during the ... Leer más

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law. The first comprehensive Handbook on the history of international law, it is a truly unique contribution to the literature of international law and relations. Pursuing both a global and an interdisciplinary approach, the Handbook ... Leer más

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  • Between Indigenous and Settler Governance

    Edición de Lisa Ford, Tim Rowse ...
    Between Indigenous and Settler Governance addresses the history, current development and future of Indigenous self-governance in four settler-colonial nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Bringing together emerging scholars and leaders in the field of indigenous law and legal history, this collection offers a long-term view of the legal, political and administrative ... Leer más

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  • International Law and Empire

    Historical Explorations

    Series series The History and Theory of International Law
    In times in which global governance in its various forms, such as human rights, international trade law, and development projects, is increasingly promoted by transnational economic actors and international institutions that seem to be detached from democratic processes of legitimation, the question of the relationship between international law and empire is as topical as ever. By examining this ... Leer más

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