colonial era

collocation in English

meaningsofcolonialandera

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colonial
adjective
uk
/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us
/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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era
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪə.rə/us
/ˈer.ə/us
/ˈɪr.ə/
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development ...
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(Definition ofcolonialanderafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One chapter illuminates thecolonialera, eight the nineteenth century, and four the twentieth century.
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The divisions created in thecolonialeraand perpetuated in the post-colonial one may indeed be fraying at the edges.
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In short, traditional political systems were disrupted thoroughly during thecolonialera.
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It will also show the centrality of collective memory - both spoken and scripted - to power differentials in thecolonialera.
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Approaching the lives of the anonymous poor, especially during thecolonialera, is notoriously difficult for lack of written sources.
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That certainly has been the case from the 1990s, but the context was widely different in the latecolonialera.
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Both represented points of departure from thecolonialerawhich was characterized by open economies and unregulated markets.
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As thecolonialerarecedes into the past, a more considered appraisal becomes possible.
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Culture, identity and sense of nation in the latecolonialeraare truly clear reflections of dynamics at a global level.
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