Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay (Chhabria Sheetal)(Paperback)

Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay (Chhabria Sheetal)(Paperback)

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bombay was beset by crises such as famine and plague. Yet, rather than halting the flow of capital, these crises served to secure it. In colonial Bombay, capitalists and governors, Indian and British alike, used moments of crisis to justify

The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism (Vergs Franoise)(Paperback)

In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in

Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 (Khodarkovsky Michael)(Paperback)

Cuzco: Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City (Schreffler Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

Through objects, buildings, and historical texts, this book traces how the Inca capital of Cuzco was transformed into a Spanish colonial

Blackest Streets - The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum (Wise Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

In 1887 Government inspectors were sent to investigate the Old Nichol, a notorious slum on the boundary of Bethnal Green parish. The author recovers Old Nichol from the ruins of history and lays bare the social and political conditions that created and sustained this black hole which lay at the

Age of Concrete: Housing and the Shape of Aspiration in the Capital of Mozambique (Morton David)(Paperback)

Age of Concrete is a history of the making of houses and homes in the sub rbios of Maputo (Louren o Marques), Mozambique, from the late 1940s to the present. Often dismissed as undifferentiated, ahistorical 'slums,' these neighborhoods are in fact an open-air archive that reveals some of people's

White Servitude in Colonial America (Galenson David)(Paperback)

White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's

Production Power and World Order: Social Forces in the Making of History (Cox Robert)(Paperback)

In this seminal study, Robert Cox offers a new approach to the study of power by identifying the connections between production, the state, and world order

The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America (Levack Brian P.)(Paperback)

The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries. During these

Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines (Anderson Warwick)(Paperback)

Colonial Pathologies is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land, and Racial Regimes of Ownership (Bhandar Brenna)(Paperback)

In Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributed to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies and the development of racial capitalism. Focusing on settler colonialism in Canada, Australia, and Israel and Palestine, Bhandar shows how the colonial

Modern Sovereign: The Body of Power in Central Africa (Congo and Gabon) (Tonda Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

The 'Modern Sovereign,' a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multiform violence exerted on

Democracy's Capital: Black Political Power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s (Pearlman Lauren)(Paperback)

From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of 'the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for

Smarter Ventures - A survivor's guide to venture capital through the cycle (Campbell Katharine)(Paperback / softback)

Smarter Ventures demystifies the world of venture capital and the VC decision-making process. It aims to help you tailor your approach in the right way to the right firm; from insight on the structure of venture capital firms, and its influence on their objectives, to advice on how to dress for the

State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East (Owen Roger)(Paperback)

Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the latest developments in the Middle East. This book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region. This third edition continues to

Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street (Bernstein Peter L.)(Paperback)

Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Bernstein brings to life a

Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum (Kirby Dean)(Paperback)

Step into the Victorian underworld of Angel Meadow, the vilest and most dangerous slum of the Industrial Revolution. In the shadow of the world's first cotton mill, 30,000 souls trapped by poverty are fighting for survival as the British Empire is built upon their backs. Thieves and prostitutes

1946: The Making of the Modern World (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling The

Royal Tourists, Colonial Subjects and the Making of a British World, 1860-1911 (Reed Charles)(Paperback)

Examines the nineteenth-century royal tour from the perspectives of various historical actors - including royals, politicians and indigenous people - in order to demonstrate how a multi-valent British culture was created throughout the

Nemesis - The Hunt for Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal (Glenny Misha)(Paperback / softback)

This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil's most notorious criminal. It's a story of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, politicians and drug lords and the battle for the beautiful

In the House in the Dark of the Woods (Hunt Laird)(Paperback)

The eerie, disturbing story of one of our perennial fascinations -- witchcraft in colonial America -- wrapped up in a lyrical novel of psychological suspense. 'Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods.' In this horror story set in colonial New England, a

To Embody the Marvelous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain (Fernndez Esther)(Paperback)

In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages with early modern notions of wonder in religious, artistic, and social contexts. From jointed, wood-carved figures of Christ, saintly marionettes that

Capital (Hage Mark)(Paperback)

In Capital, Mark Hage reframes the story of gentrification, and in photographic portraits of shuttered retail spaces captures the hidden soul of the city. Exploring the accidental compositions that emerge in the built environment, he invites us to view an alternative to increasingly overmediated