Volkenkunde

Diploma Thesis from the year 1992 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: 1, University of Amsterdam (Instituut voor Moderne Aziatische Geschiedenis), language: Dutch; …

This book is the long-overdue publication in English of Aimé Césaire’s account of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the revolution in Saint-Domingue – a slave revolt against French coloni …

David Walker, a free (with a small f) black man, was one of the most significant African-American abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born in a slave society before moving to Boston where, after …

Indigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world an …

Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power …

The ecological crisis is the most overwhelming to have ever faced humanity and its consequences permeate every domain of life. This trenchant book examines its relation to Islamophobia as the dominan …

We hear much talk about the advent of a ‘postracial’ age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedi …

The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and i …

When Americans think about race, ‘white’ is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet whiteness colors so much of social life in the United States, from the organization and maintenance of socia …

China’s strong economic growth occurring alongside modernization across the great majority of Asian societies has created what many see as a transnational space through and by which not only economic …