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 48–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... centre of discussions of the subject again. For myself, the most valuable sections of Barbara's book are the short but concentrated case studies – of tropical Africa, China, Japan and Ireland – which show not only an impressive range of ...
... centre and periphery, as reflected in the rhetoric of the British Commonwealth (Wilkinson, 1944, p. 193). Thus, unlike empire, commonwealth has positive connotations. The concept has a long history stretching back to late antiquity when ...
... centre and colonial periphery. This given, imperialism also generated dynamic cultural change and resistance that challenged the inequalities inherent in imperialist relations. Early and later empires were similar in that they were ...
... centres thus began (W. R. Thompson, 2000, pp. 13–14). Such studies raise important questions about continuities, differences and similarities between empires across the epochs. Change was generated by competing power interests but also ...
... . Constantinople, the capital of the earlier Byzantine Empire (c. 330–1453), became the centre of this new Ottoman Empire that lasted until 1924. The Turks were converts to Islam but their culture remained open, tolerant, pluralistic.
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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 | |