Caroline Elkins

662 citations
15 papers · 311 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 6
Topics
Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers)Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 papers)Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesRussia

In The Last Decade

Caroline Elkins

15 papers receiving 233 citations

Hit Papers

Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the E...2005202620122019200550100150200

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Caroline Elkins
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  • Sociology and Political Science 186
  • Political Science and International Relations 116
  • Anthropology 108
  • History 55
  • Gender Studies 17
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Fields of papers citing papers by Caroline Elkins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Elkins

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya
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3 23
4 5
5 20
6 2
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The Wrong Lesson
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Why Malaya is No Model for Iraq
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Race, Citizenship and Governance: Settler Tyranny and the End of Empire
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Detention, Rehabilitation, and the Destruction of Kikuyu Society
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Detention and rehabilitation during the Mau Mau Emergency : the Crisis of Late Colonial Kenya
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15 2

About Caroline Elkins

Caroline Elkins is a scholar working on Space and Planetary Science, Anthropology and History, having authored 15 papers that have together received 311 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (108 citations), Space and Planetary Science (7 citations) and History (55 citations). Caroline Elkins has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include David M. Anderson, Nicolas van de Walle and Susan Pedersen. Their work appears in journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

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