Journal•ISSN: 0308-6534
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Taylor & Francis
About: The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Colonialism & Commonwealth. It has an ISSN identifier of 0308-6534. Over the lifetime, 1365 publications have been published receiving 15975 citations. The journal is also known as: Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.
Topics: Colonialism, Commonwealth, Empire, British Empire, Politics
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TL;DR: In this paper, the imperialism of decolonization is discussed and discussed in the context of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 462-511.
Abstract: (1994). The imperialism of decolonization. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 462-511.
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TL;DR: In a necessarily selective way, the authors explores the historiographical evolution of "settler colonialism" as a category of analysis during the second half of the twentieth century and identifies three main passages in its development.
Abstract: In a necessarily selective way, this paper explores the historiographical evolution of ‘settler colonialism’ as a category of analysis during the second half of the twentieth century. It identifies three main passages in its development. At first (until the 1960s), ‘settlers’, ‘settlement’ and ‘colonisation’ are understood as entirely unrelated to colonialism. The two do not occupy the same analytical field, pioneering endeavours are located in ‘empty’ settings and the presence and persistence of indigenous ‘Others’ is comprehensively disavowed. In a second stage (until the late 1970s), ‘settler colonialism’ as a compound identifies one specific type of diehard colonialism, an ongoing and uncompromising form of hyper-colonialism characterised by enhanced aggressiveness and exploitation (a form that had by then been challenged by a number of anti-colonial insurgencies). During a third phase (from the late 1970s and throughout the first half of the 1980s), settler colonialism is identified by a capacity to ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between post-colonization theory and Imperial history and post-colonial theory in the context of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.
Abstract: (1996). Imperial history and post‐colonial theory. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 345-363.
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TL;DR: The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History as discussed by the authors provides an introductory overview of themes raised in this special edition of the journal, and outlines how the humanitarian impulse intersected with anti-slavery, colonial administration and the protection of indigenous peoples.
Abstract: This article provides an introductory overview of themes raised in this special edition of
the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. We suggest that, while recent
work such as Michael Barnett’s Empire of Humanity has begun to explore the history
of western humanitarianism, academic researchers can do more to address the intricate
framework of relations between humanitarianism and empire, and that the history of
humanitarianism can usefully be viewed as a fundamental component of imperial
relations, a way of bridging trans-imperial, international and transnational approaches.
We set the papers in this collection within the wider historiography of nineteenth and
twentieth century humanitarianism, and outline how the humanitarian ‘impulse’ intersected
with debates around anti-slavery, colonial administration and the protection of
indigenous peoples. We also outline the ways in which twentieth-century international
‘networks of concern’ engaged with, and built upon, the discourses of imperial humanitarianism.
Finally, we briefly consider the benefits of a ‘transnational’ approach in sketching
the history of empire and humanitarianism.
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