colonial power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandpower
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colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Others are multinationals, often based in the formercolonialpower.
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This also points out some of the real limits oncolonialpower.
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Such a position ignores the fact that not all aspects ofcolonialpowerknowledge were accepted.
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Invention, he noted, implied a conscious construction of tradition, focused oncolonialpowerand agency.
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All of these avenues of research will reveal the importance of guarding against simple equations between knowledge andcolonialpower.
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The number of border disputes involving acolonialpoweris approximately the same in the two subregions.
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A faircolonialpowershould be able to manage the influences and groups of interests that characterise indigenous societies.
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The strength of these new elder men was the result ofcolonialpowerand not of cultural legitimacy.
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Long after thecolonialpowerhas withdrawn the imprint of its institutions can still be clearly seen and felt.
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In so doing, these papers throw new light on the nature ofcolonialpowerand the agency of the colonized.
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These questions pertain to the political detritus of colonisation, to the customs and institutions left when thecolonialpowerwithdrew.
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They threw off thecolonialpower.
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They are coming on you like acolonialpower.
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Another artificial line was drawn by acolonialpower.
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Indeed, they operated in this country like acolonialpower.
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Colonialpowerwas limited by chiefs' obligation to ensure community well-being to maintain the legitimacy on which colonial authorities depended.
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The authors point to how these interlocutors ' exploited accommodation with thecolonialpoweras an avenue of private accumulation ' (p. 96).
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While the trade exposes the limits ofcolonialpower, rubber also played a largely overlooked role in the social and economic transformations of the period.
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None of these institutions were easily fabricated or manipulated, and colonial dependence on them often limitedcolonialpoweras much as facilitating it.
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The initial postwar behavior of most veterans revealed the extent to which they believed they had become a part of thecolonialpowerstructure.
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What better way is there to dispose of the formercolonialpowerand take back what one views as one's own?
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He also justifies his stance on economic grounds by alluding to extortionate policies by thecolonialpower, which also affected his large clientele.
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