Imperialism and PostcolonialismRoutledge, 22 մյս, 2014 թ. - 304 էջ This account of imperialism explores recent intellectual, theoretical and conceptual developments in imperial history, including interdisciplinary and post-colonial perspectives. Exploring the links between empire and domestic history, it looks at the interconnections and comparisons between empire and imperial power within wider developments in world history, covering the period from the Roman to the present American empire. The book begins by examining the nature of empire, then looks at continuity and change in the historiography of imperialism and theoretical and conceptual developments. It covers themes such as the relationship between imperialism and modernity, culture and national identity in Britain. Suitable for undergraduates taking courses in imperial and colonial history. |
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... Europe; the problematic nature of 'Britishness'; the contradictions within the French concept of citizenship, which prioritizes a common unifying culture over racial difference, yet fails to address racial exclusions or to accept ...
... European empires from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. As Anthony Hopkins stresses, what is needed is a fundamental reappraisal of world history to establish ... a link between the history of empires, which embraces the ...
... Europe? In different manifestations the Chinese Empire lasted from 221 BC to 1911, compared with a brief 400 years of European empires. Should we be referring to imperialisms rather than imperialism? How do we interpret changes over ...
... Europe and then the West came to dominate the rest of the world? Three broad arguments can be forwarded in support of the 'uniqueness' of Europe: the rise of capitalism, European modernity (Chapter 3) and fortuitous ecological and ...
... Europe Empires emerged with the great civilizations of antiquity such as Old Babylonia (1800 BC), which bequeathed mathematics, science and the written word to future Middle Eastern and European cultures. The Greek Empire (c. 750–550 BC) ...
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theories concepts and historiography | |
the case of Ireland | |
Imperialism and modernity | |
modernity imperialism and antiWesternism | |
Culture and imperialism | |
Case study 3 Culture and imperialism in British Africa | |
Case study 4 Representing empire in British culture | |
Recommended reading | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |