Colonialism: A Global History Veracini Lorenzo
Colonialism: A Global History Veracini Lorenzo Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterised by displacement and domination, and reveals the ways in…
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Colonialism: A Global History Veracini Lorenzo
Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterised by displacement and domination, and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity.The volume focuses on colonialism's dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. Outlining a succession of distinct colonising conjunctures, and the ways in which they 'washed over' what is today understood as the 'Global South', shaping and reshaping institutions and prompting diverse responses from colonised communities, Colonialism: A Global It appraises a number of successive global colonial 'waves', each constituting a specific form of colonial domination, each different from the previous ones, each affecting different locales at different times, and each characterised by a particular method of exploiting colonised populations and territories.