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Sophie Bessis book gives a thorough history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with those parts of the rest of the world it came to dominate. Bessis follows this trajectory, from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of "scientific" racism, on to decolonization, the ideology of development, and structural adjustment.
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Western supremacy : triumph of an idea?, Sophie Bessis, Patrick Camiller
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Western supremacy : triumph of an idea?
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sophie Bessis, Patrick Camiller
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1842772198
- ISBN13
- 9781842772195
- Series
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- Sophie Bessis book gives a thorough history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with those parts of the rest of the world it came to dominate. Bessis follows this trajectory, from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of "scientific" racism, on to decolonization, the ideology of development, and structural adjustment.