...This chapter provides an overview of gender, class, and culture in the colonial society in Nigeria between the latter half of the nineteenth century and 1960. It illustrates how Nigeria was marked by administrative, economic, and sociocultural diversities before it became a colony of Britain, which...

... Thomas Edenton education Fortsen Mary Leigh Daniel literacy Lovick John Presbyterians Protestants Salter Edward Gordon William Griffin Charles Harvey Sarah Laker Mashborne Edward Rainsford Giles Colonial Life Survival Colonial Society Albemarle Planters Farmers Artisans Traders Anna...

...This chapter contributes a new perspective on colonial society and its different social and ethnic sectors through the lens of the funerary behavior observed in the churchyard of Campeche's main square. This chapter favors an interdisciplinary approach that combines (ethno)historic, archaeological...

... in the troubled colonial society. With the declaration of three successive States of Emergency between 1962 and 1964, the political system was clearly dysfunctional. The politics of race had corroded the social mores, producing an unhealthy atmosphere of distrust among the races and an absence of common purpose...

...This book traces the social history of the imperial garrison in the Colony of Natal in order to elucidate the reproduction, adaptation, and modification of Victorian British society on southern African soil. More specifically, it examines the divisions in colonial society and the influence...

... the Negro, they felt the tug of two opposing ways of looking at his essential nature. One view derived from his uniquely base status in colonial society. In all societies men tend to extrapolate from social status to actual inherent character, to impute to individuals characteristics suited to their social...

... in colonial society and gain political favor. Therefore, although conversions in many Asian regions were mainly successful, one must look at them based not only on doctrinal persuasion but on the broader sociopolitical circumstances of the time. Christianity East Timor Philippines Southeast Asia American...

...This chapter establishes a background to Burma, its colonial society, politics, economics, defense arrangements and strategy. These are seen, in part, through the eyes of the newly arriving war correspondents. A broad outline of the military retreat of 1942 is established, setting it in its wider...

... in nature, but also that it was deeply affected by the process of decolonization that preceded it, most notably in the federal structures of the state, the attempts to build a multi-ethnic elite, and the troubled efforts to deal with the weaknesses of a post-colonial society. Bolsheviks Cossacks...

... is evident in colonial societies, but has not been analysed. Therefore, it suggests the analysis of the internal dynamics of colonial societies, and the way in which they reflect metropolitan values and conceptions of status in order to understand the construction and stability of imperial political...

... was reinforced by a commitment to the powerful social codes of colonial society. The racial and social exclusivity legitimised by these values became counterproductive at a time when it was important to build relationships with Indians and the state, and to modernise the firms using outside technical expertise...

... and their efforts to unify the language of imperial internationalism by the Colonial German bloc in the interwar period during the lead-up to the Locarno Conferences of 1925. What follows is an analysis of the adaptation and reimagining of the three largest and most vocal of the German colonial societies...

..., and race. She casts new light on British colonial society in India, and makes an important contribution to current debates on the nature of the British Empire and the causes of Britain’s relative economic decline....

... in their ability to understand the true nature of colonial society at large and, by implication, their capacity to transform it. Hierarchies prison Perrot Michelle Prisoners amnesty for Prisons colonial anticolonialism in Communal identity Criminality Gangs prison Homosexuality Identity class imprisoned...

... and, thus, presumably, slaves before 1791 or that they managed plantations for someone else; they were, thus, solidly integrated into colonial society and directly affected by the challenge to its principal institution. All these first-person accounts also describe incidents too insignificant or too private...

...This chapter considers the social and private worlds of the foreign staff. As the experiences of the foreign Customs staff demonstrate, colonial societies were crosshatched with complex hierarchies based on race, class and nationality. As an organ of the Chinese state whose existence rested...

... into the social conditions and phenomena that shaped the town of San Francisco de Campeche during the early colonial period. In this context, this book seeks to contribute a new perspective on Hispanic colonial society and its different social and ethnic sectors through the lens of an early multiethnic churchyard...

... and roles in colonial society and analyzes their urban functions. This volume also considers the competing strands of urban Catholicism and examines the orders' interactions with one another and with urban residents. Morse Richard van Oss Adriaan C Veracruz Doctrinas de indios Mexico City secular...

... and incorporating cacao into commercial use. This chapter examines how cacao was incorporated into Catholic Colonial society in Mexico. It also discusses some of the dilemmas faced by the new devotees on cacao use in the new religion introduced among the Aztecs. While a Catholic “god” was placed in the Cathedral...