This volume examines the tumultuous changes that have occurred and are still occurring in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947.

• Ranges widely over the major themes, regions, theories and practices of postcolonial study
• Presents original essays by the leading proponents of postcolonial study in the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, East and West Asia
• Provides clear introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate...

Constructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India provides a detailed overview of the phenomenon of the -criminal tribe- in India from the early days of colonial rule to the present.

• Traces and analyzes historical debates in historiography, anthropology and criminology
• Argues that crime in the colonial context is used as much to control subject populations as to define morally repugnant behavior
• Explores how crime evolved as the foil of political legitimacy under military
• Examines the popular movement that has arisen to reverse the discrimination...