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View article: Introduction: Re-examining Asia-Pacific War Memories: Grief, Narratives, and Memorials
Introduction: Re-examining Asia-Pacific War Memories: Grief, Narratives, and Memorials Open
Articles in this special issue re-examine Asia-Pacific War memories by taking a longer and broader view, geographically, temporally, and spatially. A diverse, global team of thirteen authors highlights subjects across a wide geographical a…
View article: Special Issue: Re-examining Asia-Pacific War Memories: Grief, Narratives, and Memorials (Table of Contents)
Special Issue: Re-examining Asia-Pacific War Memories: Grief, Narratives, and Memorials (Table of Contents) Open
This special issue introduces thirteen original essays, each offering unique perspectives and re-examinations of Asia-Pacific War memories. The special issue's broad geographical scope stretches the Asia-Pacific region. Essays' diverse top…
View article: Reading list: 15 recommended reads on colonial histories, colonial legacies
Reading list: 15 recommended reads on colonial histories, colonial legacies Open
In this reading list, we recommend fifteen books previously reviewed on the LSE RB blog that critically explore the histories of imperialism, discuss the life and works of people who have contested colonialism and seek to better understand…
View article: Book review: barbed-wire imperialism: Britain's empire of camps, 1876-1903 by Aidan Forth
Book review: barbed-wire imperialism: Britain's empire of camps, 1876-1903 by Aidan Forth Open
In Barbed-Wire Imperialism: Britain’s Empire of Camps, 1876-1903, Aidan Forth presents a history of the concentration camp during the late nineteenth century, showing its development to be rooted less in colonial military conflict than in …
View article: Colonial Captivity during the First World War
Colonial Captivity during the First World War Open
With the outbreak of war in 1914, an estimated 30,000 German civilians in African and Asian colonies were violently uprooted and imprisoned. Britain's First World War internment of German settlers seriously challenged the structures t…
View article: Book Review: Lawrence of Arabia’s war: the Arabs, the Britishand the remaking of the Middle East in WWI by Neil Faulkner
Book Review: Lawrence of Arabia’s war: the Arabs, the Britishand the remaking of the Middle East in WWI by Neil Faulkner Open
Drawing on archival sources and incorporating new archaeological evidence, in Lawrence of Arabia’s War: The Arabs, The British and The Remaking of the Middle East in WWI, Neil Faulkner presents a multi-dimensional account of the conflict i…