Colonial Geographies

Colonial Geographies is a subfield within historical and cultural geography that examines the spatial practices, power relations, and territorial transformations produced by colonialism, distinguishing itself through its focus on how imperial projects have shaped landscapes, identities, and geographic knowledge across time and space.

1.9K

Publications

106.1K

Citations

2.1K

Authors

591

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

263

Variants

Colonial Geography

Parents

Geography Of RaceHistorical Geography

Children

Colonial Mobility RegimesColonial Port CitiesColonial Resource FrontiersColonial Spatial GovernanceColonial Spatial OrderColonial TerritorialityColonial Transportation NetworksExtraction GeographiesMissionary LandscapesPlantation Geographies

Publications

1.9K

Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking

Barry W. Allen · Common Knowledge · 2003 · 3K citations

Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, History +16

The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference

Walter D. Mignolo · South Atlantic Quarterly · 2002 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Geography, Human Geography +14

Colonial archives and the arts of governance

Ann Laura Stoler · Archives and Museum Informatics · 2002 · 1.1K citations

Humanities, History, Historiography +11

Plantation Futures

Katherine McKittrick · Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism · 2013 · 1.1K citations

Social Sciences, Geography, Human Geography +17

The erosion of colonial trade linkages after independence

Keith Head, Thierry Mayer, John Ries · Journal of International Economics · 2010 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, History +12

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Authors

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FF
Federico Ferretti
University College Dublin, Ireland
11 publications · 244 citations
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TJ
Tariq Jazeel
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
9 publications · 688 citations
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MS
Matthew Sparke
University of Washington, United States
9 publications · 967 citations
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SA
Sarah A. Radcliffe
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
8 publications · 673 citations
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CM
Charles M. Andrews
Case Western Reserve University, United States
8 publications · 270 citations
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Institutions

591

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 142 publications · 13.6K citations
55
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The American Historical Review
AHR · 103 publications · 5K citations
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Progress in Human Geography
47 publications · 3.2K citations
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
35 publications · 2.1K citations
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Geographical Journal
49 publications · 3.6K citations
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