E-books Egypt in the reign of Muhammad Ali / Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot [Available from Cambridge Books Online]. Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914 / Bruce Vandervort [Available from ebrary] South Africa: a modern history / T.R.H. Davenport and Christopher Saunders; foreword by Desmond Tutu (5th edition) [Available from Dawsonera] Books Representing Israel in modern Egypt: ideas, intellectuals and foreign policy from Nasser to Mubarak / Ewan Stein In
The Newsplayer site gives free access to clips of historic 20th century newsreels from ITN, Reuters, Paramount, Gaumont, British Empire News, Visnews and French Pathe. Browse by collections, broadcasters or decade, or search the website for particular countries, issues etc. CLICK HERE TO GO TO NEWSPLAYER
A search for sovereignty: law and geography in European empires, 1400-1900 / Lauren Benton Tidings from Zion: Helen Bentwich’s letters from Jerusalem, 1919-1931 / edited by Jenifer Glynn. Pacific worlds: a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century political thought / edited by Duncan Bell. The imperial security state: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia
In 1756, Siraj-ud-daulah, ruler of Bengal, captured Calcutta (Kolkata) and allegedly imprisoned 146 Europeans overnight in a cramped room, where 123 of them subsequently died of suffocation. The story of “The Black Hole of Calcutta” was crucial to the “founding myth of the British Empire in India”. In The Black Hole of Empire: history of a global practice of power, Chatterjee examines the changing representations of the event in the history and political ideology of imperial and modern India
Sharing the burden of the past : legacies of war in Europe, America, and Asia / edited by Andrew Horvat and Gebhard Hielscher. Historical disasters in context : science, religion, and politics / edited by Andrea Janku, Gerrit Jasper Schenk, and Franz Mauelshagen. Available as an e-book from Dawsonera [SOAS staff & students only] The global history of childhood reader / edited by Heidi Morrison.
Arming the periphery: the arms trade in the Indian Ocean during the age of global empire / by Emrys Chew Posing for posterity: royal Indian portraits / Pramod Kumar K.G. ; foreword by H.R.H. Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur. (isbn 9781780762494) The company-state: corporate sovereignty and the early modern foundation of the British Empire in India / Philip J. Stern. Best of enemies: a history of US and Middle
Empire and education under the Ottomans: politics, reform and resistance from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks / Emine O. Evered The global history of childhood reader / edited by Heidi Morrison Infectious disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy making and the perception of risk / Sandhya L. Polu. Making British Indian fictions: 1772-1823 / Ashok Malhotra. Qatar: a modern history / Allen Fromherz. An empire of facts: colonial power, cultural
Extreme collecting : challenging practices for 21st century museums / edited by Graeme Were and J.C.H. King. Why the West rules – for now : the patterns of history and what they reveal about the future / Ian Morris. Starting with food : culinary approaches to Ottoman history / edited by Amy Singer.
Presenting history: past and present / Peter Beck Making history: the historian and uses of the past / Jorma Kalela State, society and culture in Indian history / Satish Chandra Subaltern lives: biographies of colonialism in the Indian Ocean world, 1790-1920 / Clare Anderson The Gulf States : a modern history / David Commins. Is history fiction? / Ann Curthoys and John Docker. Diplomacy and nation-building in Africa : Franco-British
