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colonial 1. characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776) 2. of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire 3. denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries 4. of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901) 5. (of organisms such as corals and bryozoans) existing as a colony of polyps 6. (of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Opponents of both wars warned that the target countries were colonially conceived multiethnic basket cases not conducive to postwar democratization. Meanwhile, in the New World (or New Spain) a "patriotic" creole historiography emerged, celebrating colonially produced knowledge and learning. One of the three postcolonial dilemmas which historian Mahmood Mamdani points out in his essay "Beyond Settler and Native" is that of "the growing tendency to identify a colonially constructed regime of customary law with Africa's authentic tradition" (2) Mamdani argues that the regime of customary law, found predominantly in Nigeria and South Africa, has resulted in a nonracial apartheid founded on a spurious definition of indigeneity. |
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