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A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture traces the origins of tropical architecture to nineteenth century British colonial architectural knowledge and practices. It uncovers how systematic knowledge and practices on building and environmental technologies in the tropics were linked to military technologies, medical theories and sanitary practices, and were manifested in colonial building types such as military barracks, hospitals and housing. It also explores the various ways these colonial knowledge and practices shaped post-war techno scientific research and education in climatic design and modern tropical architecture. Drawing on the interdisciplinary scholarships on postcolonial studies, science studies, and environmental history, Jiat-Hwee Chang argues that tropical architecture was inextricably entangled with the socio-cultural constructions of tropical nature, and the politics of colonial governance and postcolonial development in the British colonial and post-colonial networks.

British Colonial --- architecture [object genre] --- Architecture --- influence --- Singapore --- Architecture, Tropical --- Architecture, British colonial. --- Architecture and society --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- British colonial architecture --- Architecture, Colonial --- Social aspects --- Human factors --- Architecture, British colonial

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Architecture, British colonial --- Architecture and society --- Architecture coloniale britannique --- Architecture et société --- Architecture coloniale britanique --- Architecture et société

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A comprehensive overview of the architectural and urban transformations that took place across the British Empire between the seventeenth and mid-twentieth centuries, exploring the built heritage of Britain's former colonial empire as a fundamental part of how we negotiate our postcolonial identities.

Architecture and society --- Architecture --- City planning --- Colonies --- urbanization --- British Colonial --- colonies --- Environmental planning --- architecture [discipline] --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Great Britain --- Architecture, British colonial --- British colonial architecture --- Architecture, Colonial --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Social aspects --- Human factors --- Government policy --- Management --- Design and construction --- 72.03(410) --- 72.03 <420> --- 72.03 <420> Bouwstijlen. Architectuurscholen. Architectuurstromingen. Bouwkunst: periodenen invloeden--Engeland --- Bouwstijlen. Architectuurscholen. Architectuurstromingen. Bouwkunst: periodenen invloeden--Engeland --- Architecture, Primitive

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The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950, is a history of the campaign waged by Great Britain in colonial Nigeria from approximately 1885 on, to abolish the internal slave trade in the Bight of Biafra and its hinterland, a region also known as Eastern Nigeria, Southeastern Nigeria, the Eastern Provinces, or the trans-Niger Provinces. It treats the internal slave trade and the war against it in this region and period as themes separate from the institution of slavery in the same area and the campaign to root it out generally known as emancipation. For this reason, and because slavery and the effort at emancipation have received more attention from scholars, this work concentrates entirely on that aspect of the slave trade and its fortunes under British colonial rule commonly known as abolition. In reconstructing the story of this important and protracted campaign, Adiele Afigbo sheds light on a dark corner of social history that has largely been neglected by historians.

Adiele Afigbo is Professor in the Department of History and International Relations at Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.

Slavery --- Slave trade --- Esclavage --- Esclaves --- History. --- Histoire --- Commerce --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Colonies --- Administration. --- Administration --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- Enslaved persons --- Abolition. --- British colonial rule. --- Slave trade. --- Southeastern Nigeria.

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White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. While the colonial imperative was to transform colonized societies and bring them within "civilized" norms, fiscal limitations frequently resulted in ruling through indigenous authorities and customs. In this book, Thomas McClendon analyzes this deep contradiction by looking at several crises and key turning points in the early decades of colonial rule in the British colony of Natal, later part of South Africa. He focuses a keen eye on the tenure of Theophilus Shepstone as that colony's Secretary for Native affairs, examining his interactions with subject African communities.
In a series of case studies, including high drama over rebellions by African "chiefs" and their followers and intense debates over the control of witchcraft, White Chief, Black Lords shows that these colonial imperatives led to a self-defeating conundrum. In the process of attempting to rule through African leaders and norms yet to discipline and transform African subjects, the colonial state inevitably was itself transformed and became, in part, an African state. McClendon concludes by spotlighting the continuing importance of these unresolved contradictions in post-apartheid South Africa.

Thomas McClendon is Professor of History at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Colonies --- Anti-colonialism --- Colonial affairs --- Colonialism --- Neocolonialism --- Imperialism --- Non-self-governing territories --- Colonization --- History. --- Shepstone, Theophilus, --- KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) --- Province of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) --- KwaZulu-Natal Province (South Africa) --- Natal (South Africa) --- Kwazulu (South Africa) --- History --- Politics and government --- Great Britain --- Administration. --- Kolonialismus. --- Colonial administrators. --- British colonies. --- Colonial administrators --- Civil service, Colonial --- Government executives --- Colonial administration --- Public administration --- Shepstone, Theophilus. --- Natal (Südafrika) --- South Africa --- South Africa. --- Africa. --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Africa, South --- African "chiefs". --- African communities. --- British colonial civilizing mission. --- Colonial Natal. --- Theophilus Shepstone. --- colonial imperatives. --- indirect rule. --- post-apartheid South Africa. --- witchcraft.