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International Library of Colonial History

Examines a feature of World War I as it was fought in the Middle East - the contribution made by the practice of military medicine to the success of Egyptian Expeditionary Force. This work describes the general developments in military-medical organisation and surgery on the battlefield during these campaigns.

Art in the Service of Colonialism French Art Education in Morocco 19121956 Cover

Throws light on how nothing in the Moroccan French Protectorate (1912-1956) escaped the imprints of metropolitan ideology and how the French dominated Moroccan society by looking at how the arts were transformed in the colonial period. This book investigates how French colonial administrators employed French women to inculcate colonial ideology.

Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home Scottish Missions to palestine 18391917 Cover

A comprehensive study from multiple perspectives, of an under-researched period in British and South African history. This work sheds light on greater historical processes of British and German rivalry in Africa and the development of an independent South Africa.

Governing Hong Kong Administrative Officers from the 19th Century to the Handover to China 18621997 Cover

Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China's position as a regional - and potential world - superpower. This history of the region argues that its prosperity is a direct by-product of the British administrators who ran the place as a colony before the handover in 1997.

This is an original and stimulating study of cultural nationalism for those involved in research into nationalism, post-colonial theory, decolonisation and the modern history of Cyprus.

Provides an assessment of the pioneering work of British Hospitals in Palestine in the nineteenth century. This work presents the history of medical service men who fought to improve the health of the inhabitants of the Holy Land under the difficult conditions of climate and disease.

Power and Passion in Egypt A Life of Sir Eldon Gorst 18611911 Cover

When Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cromer as Agent and Consul-General in Cairo in 1907, Britain effectively ruled Egypt and Sudan. The period Gorst spent in Egypt was critical in shaping Africa's history. This book offers an assessment of his contribution and argues that his was an honourable attempt to share government with the Egyptian people.

Cyprus was crucial to British imperial ambitions in the East as the Ottoman Empire became increasingly fragile in the nineteenth century. This title assesses education and labour policy, agriculture, harbour development and tourism and demonstrates the impact of British colonialism on the Cypriot population.

For over four hundred years, thousands of African men and women were taken from their homeland and transported across the world to be sold into slavery. This title demonstrates how many Africans coped by adopting a flexible identity in order to negotiate the cultural differences in African, European and Islamic systems of slavery.

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