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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Արդյունքներ 31–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... (Osterhammel, 1997, p. 3). Empires and imperial discourse may differ considerably within and between different eras, but oppression of colonized groups is a unifying characteristic. How is capitalism linked to imperialism? Can ...
... (Osterhammel, 1997, p. 30). Britain defeated France and Spain in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), the first global war extending to European colonies in the New World and India. The French Empire was further undermined by the. Figure 1.2 ...
... with separate metropolitan authorities supervising administration on the periphery (Osterhammel, 1997, p. 9). This New Imperialism resulted from a combination of factors, including the link between imperialism, nationalism and.
... (Osterhammel, 1997, pp. 29–38; Cain and Hopkins, 1993). The rise and decline of the Japanese Empire was a twentieth-century phenomenon (Case study 2). Fascism, the global depression of the 1930s and the Second World War catalysed the ...
... (Osterhammel, 1997, p. 108). The Roman Empire presented itself as a unitary power promoting peace and justice. Tacitus' civilizing mission in Britain was designed to suppress the pagan and barbaric and turn warriors into peaceful ...
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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 | |