Topic · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

Most cited papers in Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

What are the most cited papers in Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies?

The most cited paper in Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies is "Anthropology in the Margins of the State" (Robert M. Hayden, 2005), with 2,075 citations. Next come "Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity" (1,341) and "Writing Post-Orientalist Histories of the Third World: Perspectives from Indian Historiography" (612).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 58 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Anthropology in the Margins of the State Robert M. Hayden · American Anthropologist	Dec 2005	2,075
2	Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity Catherine Eschle · American Anthropologist	Sep 2004	1,341
3	Writing Post-Orientalist Histories of the Third World: Perspectives from Indian Historiography Gyan Prakash · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Apr 1990	612
4	Thinking between the Posts: Postcolonialism, Postsocialism, and Ethnography after the Cold War Sharad Chari, Katherine Verdery · Comparative Studies in Society and History	16 Dec 2008	575
5	From Institution to Occupation Charles C. Moskos · Armed Forces & Society	Oct 1977	376
6	INTERROGATING RACISM: Toward an Antiracist Anthropology Leith Mullings · Annual Review of Anthropology ReviewOpen access	16 Sep 2005	333
7	The imperialism of decolonization Wm. Roger Louis, Ronald C. Robinson · The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History	Sep 1994	321
8	Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad Antoinette Burton · Journal of American History	13 Dec 2019	274
9	The Aesthetics and Politics of Colonial Collecting: India at World Fairs Carol Appadurai Breckenridge · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Apr 1989	272
10	The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History John Tosh	2 Sep 1999	272
11	After Orientalism: Culture, Criticism, and Politics in the Third World Rosalind O’Hanlon, David Washbrook · Comparative Studies in Society and History	1992	267
12	Historiographical traditions and modern imperatives for the restoration of global history Patrick G. O'Brien · Journal of Global History Open access	Mar 2006	246
13	Discussion: the futures of global history Richard Drayton, David Motadel · Journal of Global History Open access	14 Feb 2018	225
14	Along The Archival Grain. Epistemic Anxieties And Colonial Common Sense Óscar Muñoz Morán · Relaciones Estudios de Historia y Sociedad Open access	2012	220
15	The origins of swadeshi (home industry): cloth and Indian society, 1700–1930 C. A. Bayly · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	30 Apr 1986	211
16	The Imperial Working Class Makes Itself ‘White’: White Labourism in Britain, Australia, and South Africa Before the First World War Jonathan Hyslop · Journal of Historical Sociology	Dec 1999	210
17	The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire Susan Hangen · American Anthropologist	Dec 2005	184
18	The Fashioning of a Frontier: The Radcliffe Line and Bengal's Border Landscape, 1947–52 Joya Chatterji · Modern Asian Studies	1999	182
19	Cosmopolitan thought zones : South Asia and the global circulation of Ideas Sugata Bose, Kris Manjapra	2010	182
20	Between law and history: the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 and the logic of free trade M. Craven · London Review of International Law Open access	Mar 2015	167
21	Towards a definition of Islamophobia: approximations of the early twentieth century Fernando Bravo López · Ethnic and Racial Studies	26 Nov 2010	159
22	The Anthropology of Industrial Work Michael Burawoy · Annual Review of Anthropology	Oct 1979	149
23	Race and Class in Colonial Latin America: A Critique Robert McCaa, Stuart B. Schwartz, Arturo Grubessich · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Jul 1979	146
24	Destruction of State and Society in Somalia: Beyond the Tribal Convention Abdi Ismail Samatar · The Journal of Modern African Studies	Dec 1992	145
25	From Bandung to NAM: Non-alignment and Indian Foreign Policy, 1947–65 Itty Abraham · Commonwealth and Comparative Politics	Apr 2008	144
26	Aligarh’s First Generation: Muslim Solidarity in British India David D. Taylor · Pacific Affairs	Jun 1980	139
27	Convicts and Coolies: Rethinking Indentured Labour in the Nineteenth Century Clare Anderson · Slavery and Abolition Open access	25 Feb 2009	138
28	Gentlemanly capitalism and British expansion overseas II: new imperialism, 1850-1945 Peter Cain, A. G. Hopkins · The Economic History Review	Feb 1987	135
29	Imperial history and post‐colonial theory Dane Keith Kennedy · The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History	Sep 1996	133
30	The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama Claude Markovits	2000	132
31	Settle, Mobilize, Verify: Identification Practices in Colonial India Radhika Singha · Studies in History	Aug 2000	128
32	Indian Nationalism and the ‘world forces’: transnational and diasporic dimensions of the Indian freedom movement on the eve of the First World War Harald Fischer–Tiné · Journal of Global History	31 Oct 2007	126
33	Red skin, white masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition Akim D. Reinhardt · Contemporary Political Theory Open access	5 May 2015	121
34	Codes of Misconduct: Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay Philip Howell · Journal of Historical Geography	18 Jun 2010	121
35	Invoking the Past: The Uses of History in South Asia Roger D. Long · History Reviews of New Books	2000	118
36	Rendering difference visible: The Kenyan state and its Somali citizens Emma Lochery · African Affairs Open access	11 Sep 2012	115
37	Postcolonialism, postsocialism and the anthropology of east-central Europe Hana Červinková · Journal of Postcolonial Writing	20 Mar 2012	114
38	Race, place and bodily difference in early nineteenth-century India* David Christopher Arnold · Historical Research Open access	May 2004	113
39	SOUTH ASIAN HISTORIES OF CITIZENSHIP, 1946–1970 Joya Chatterji · The Historical Journal	15 Nov 2012	111
40	Ethnographic Aspects of the World Capitalist System June Nash · Annual Review of Anthropology	Oct 1981	111
41	The Paradoxes of Race, Class, Identity, and “Passing”: Enforcing the Chinese Exclusion Acts, 1882–1910 Kitty Calavita · Law & Social Inquiry	2000	110
42	The Nation and its Fragments: Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories Lata Singh · Indian Historical Review	2001	108
43	The Policing of Tradition: Colonialism and Anthropology in Southern India Nicholas B. Dirks · Comparative Studies in Society and History	1997	106
44	Racism, Colorism, and Language within Their Macro Contexts Arthur K. Spears · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter	8 Oct 2020	104
45	Sacred Symbol as Mobilizing Ideology: The North Indian Search for a“Hindu” community Sandria B. Freitag · Comparative Studies in Society and History	Oct 1980	104
46	The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational N. Benjamin · Indian Historical Review	Jul 2007	103
47	Tod's Rajast'han and the Boundaries of Imperial Rule in Nineteenth-Century India Norbert Peabody · Modern Asian Studies	Feb 1996	99
48	Constructing the Colonial Encounter: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India Niels Brimnes	18 Dec 1998	97
49	Colonialism as Structural Injustice: Historical Responsibility and Contemporary Redress* Catherine Lu · Journal of Political Philosophy	18 Apr 2011	93
50	SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION James P. Hull · Notes and Queries	Mar 1999	88

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