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Colonial Liberties

Colonial Liberties is a historical-constitutional construct denoting the specific set of legally recognized rights, privileges, and self-governing practices claimed or established by colonists within imperial frameworks, distinguishing them from subject populations in other colonial territories through their attachment to British common law, representative institutions, and evolving notions of civic autonomy.

401

Publications

17.7K

Citations

450

Authors

156

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

34

Parents

Publications

401

Law, Custom and Social Order: The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia

Joan Vincent, Martin Chanock · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1986 · 763 citations

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ETHNICITY, PATRONAGE AND THE AFRICAN STATE: THE POLITICS OF UNCIVIL NATIONALISM

Bruce J. Berman · African Affairs · 1998 · 559 citations · Full text

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American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia

Oscar Handlin, Edmund S. Morgan · The American Historical Review · 1976 · 527 citations

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Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism

Mahmood Mamdani · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 2001 · 465 citations

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British Colonial Legacies and Political Development

Matthew Lange · World Development · 2004 · 429 citations

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Authors

450

  1. CM
    Charles M. Andrews

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    8 publications · 326 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. PM
    Pauline Maier

    University of New Mexico, United States

    5 publications · 306 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. JP
    Jack P. Greene

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 120 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. MK
    Michael Kämmen

    Cornell University, United States

    4 publications · 134 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. LB
    Louis B. Wright

    Folger Shakespeare Library, United States

    3 publications · 40 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 450

Institutions

156

  1. University of Massachusetts Boston

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    202 citations

  2. Library of Congress

    Washington D.C., United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    122 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    97 citations

  4. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    146 citations

  5. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  8. University of Zimbabwe

    Harare, Zimbabwe

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 39 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 37 publications · 2.1K citations

    24

    h-index

  3. The William and Mary Quarterly

    16 publications · 588 citations

    13

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Southern History

    12 publications · 359 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. Journal of American History

    9 publications · 264 citations

    9

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