Colonialism (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: VERY GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 192pp. Sewn binding in green paper over boards, FFEP clipped, else a clean, sharp copy; rear of DJ dampstained, some short tears.

First English Language Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's decorative buff staplebound card wrappers printed in brown and green; 22pp. Wrappers quite toned with a few small losses along extremities not approaching text. Good or better overall.

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. [32]pp unpaginated. Bound with a single staple in lithographic printed wraps, illustrated throughout with color and b/w photos. With errata slip and corrections in blue pen. Small scuff to front cover, clean and sound otherwise. A guidebook published by the state agency for communication and dissemination of the Portuguese Colonial Empire. No mention is made of the Colonial War / War of Liberation then ongoing. Fairly scarce -- OCLC lists 5 copies.…

Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. no dates, presumed late 1960s, early 1970s. 6 pamphlets, 8 ? by 11 inches, each printed on different colored stock. Pagination varies. Some, if not all, articles here are taken from other publications or sources. A collection of essays reflecting on various aspects of the struggle of African countries for self rule against colonialism, as well as struggles against racism and other issues. All published by the Africa Research Group, as the African Activist Archive website notes, was " a radical research /action collective concerned with exposing and fighting American imperialist penetration of Africa. ARG hoped to promote a more informed concern with and protest against the role the U.S. played in the domination of Africa and to contribute to the sharpening and extending an anti-imperialist and anti-racist consciousness within the movement for social change." The group was active from 1968 to 1973. These publications are held in a manila envelope with a black and white photo and "Sharpeville" on it. Topics include Nelson Mandela's speech at his trial; Tovio's speech reflecting on the impact of South Africa on Namibia; a look at armed struggle in Africa, etc. All publications in VERY GOOD or better condition. A few with minor rusting to the staples, otherwise very little wear. Wrinkling, toning, soiling and tearing to the envelope, making it rather worn in appearance.…

First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover; gilt spine-titles; xiv,568pp; map. A tight, square copy, Very Good or better; with scattered pencil marginalia. Two clipped obituaries are tipped onto the front flyleaf. Though his ownership markings do not appear in this volume, the marginal notes are those of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn, whose professional academic career began with a two-year fellowship in Rangoon, 1958-9. An important and highly influential articulation of British colonial policy in Burma just prior to independence, presented as a comparison of colonial rule under British and Dutch regimes. Furnivall critiques the effects of colonial capitalism, arguing that it has had a negative impact on traditional Burmese social structure, and advocates a gradualist autonomist policy. Though it was not likely Furnivall's intent, Policy and Practice became something of a blueprint for postcolonialism - albeit a blueprint that was rarely adopted by the more radical opponents to colonial rule - and it has remained regularly in print since its original publication.…

dj. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's russet cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 291pp. Light wear to spine and corners, some small abrasions to the bottom edge of the cloth, a strong and handsome copy in a lightly soiled tan dustjacket with toning to the spine panel, some fraying and shallow loss to the spine ends and a pinhole piece of damage a third of the way down the spine interfering with the "T" in the author's name. A good, solid copy in dustjacket. Internally clean with some spotting and foxing to the prelims and page edges. Lavishly illustrated with photographs by the author. Edited by A.W. Lawrence, the author's brother, with the suppressed introductory chapter to The Seven Pillars of Wisdom included alongside "The Changing East" a Lawrence essay that was later expanded into chapter 33 of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrence, only in his early 20's, spent the summer of 1911 in Syria and surroundings, studying Crusader ruins and seeking out interesting bits and pieces for the British Museum, the photographs he took, and the observations he made, form the basis for this book.…

Large brightly coloured folding world map 51 x 97.4 cms (map); 61 x 101 cms (sheet), archivally mounted on linen, breaks at several folds and a minute bit of paper loss in the Celebes (now Sulawesi) and northern Afghanistan professionally repaired; in very good clean condition. World War II era advertising wall map printed in Australia for Australian Motorists Petrol Company Ltd. (AMP, now Ampol): "With the Compliments of Australian Motorists Petrol Co. Ltd. (Authorized Capital £1,000,000)" (map text) and pleads "In Wartime buy Australian" and "Australia Merits Preference". AMP was the first publicly listed Australian oil company. A colour-coded key identifies European colonial powers, the continent of Africa being the recipient of multiple colonial claimants. British Imperial might was still dominant however, claiming Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Southern and Eastern Africa, India, and British Guyana. Notably Micronesia is identified as "Japanese Mandate", but the map was published before the Japanese occupation of New Guinea. Tannu Tuva (now the Tuva Republic within the Russian Federation) is noted separately as is Sinkiang (now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR]). A scarce map and when available usually in poor condition, this copy in very good, attractive condition archivally mounted and ready for framing.…