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The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2012 This paper reviews the separation of the Ellice Islands from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, in the central Pacific, in 1975: one of the few agreed boundary changes that were made during decolonization.
W. David McIntyre
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Tanganyika and the Federal Republic of Germany Until Shortly After 1964 [PDF]
Uirtus, 2022 At the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to be in East Africa. Nevertheless, Arabs were already there. Those people sold gold and slaves. After the Portuguese, Britishes, French and German people came there.
Daba Gbota
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Political developments in Sri Lanka (1945-1948) and the British position on it
مجلة اداب ذي قار, 2022 . This study deals with the topic ( Political Developments in Sri Lanka 1945-1948 and the British position on it), During this era, Sri Lanka witnessed important political and constitutional changes that had a major role in achieving national ...
أ.م.د ماهر جاسب حاتم الفهد
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Clio@Themis, 2021 Since the entrance of the colony to the French normative model (1664) then British (1763), the Canadian jurists tried to resist an application of standards unsuitable for the context of the colony.
David Gilles
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British colonialism and the criminalization of homosexuality [PDF]
Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2014 What explains the global variation in laws criminalizing homosexual conduct? Recent research has claimed that British colonialism is largely responsible for the criminalization of homosexuality around the world. This article utilizes a newly constructed dataset that includes up-to-date data on 185 countries to assess this claim.
O'Mahoney, Joseph, Han, Enze
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EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF «WHITE MAN'S BURDEN» IN THE BRITISH CINEMA OF 20TH CENTURY
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2016 The article discusses the features of the evolution on the silver screen so-called "white man's burden" or "civilizing mission" in the British colonies of the British Empire. The means of research were British feature films 1930-1980-ies.
E. E. Ibrayev
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STRATEGIC MILITARY COLONISATION: THE CAPE EASTERN FRONTIER 1806–1872
Scientia Militaria, 2012 The Cape Eastern Frontier of South Africa offers a fascinating insight into British military strategy as well as colonial development. The Eastern Frontier was for over 100 years a very turbulent frontier.
Mark Oranje, Linda Robson
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The Hong Kong factor in China-UK relations [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019 Since the former British colony had been returned to China, the international position of both the United Kingdom and China has drastically changed. Economic and political weight of China on the international stage concerns certain international actors ...
Kira Godovanyuk
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Von Fakiren, Bajaderen und Maharadschas. Der koloniale Blick in der frühen Porträtfotografie Indiens
Historia.scribere, 2016 This seminar paper analyzes 19th century portrait photographs in British-India, which were mainly made by and addressed at British citizens. Regarding the wide range of genres, it can be shown that these photographs hardly give a realistic image of India,
Maria Buck
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Rola gubernatora stanowego w australijskim systemie konstytucyjnym
Politeja, 2013 The role of State Governor in the Australian constitutional system The office of Governor is the oldest constitutional office in Australia. Each of the six states was founded as a British colony, and a Governor was appointed by the British government ...
Dorota Rajca
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