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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... debate on empire to include all those aspects which are conveniently rendered under the title 'postcolonialism' inevitably raises the perennial problem as to how to define words like 'imperialism' and 'colonialism'. Barbara acknowledges ...
... debates on what imperialism is but are also beginning to shape our reflections on what it was in the past. Historians are condemned by the nature of their task to make interim statements only: Barbara's book is valuable because it gives ...
... debates on the uses to which evidence is put, and how evidence is connected by historians within their field to their overall vision of What is history? Alun Munslow Author's acknowledgements For help and encouragement in the ...
... debates about informal imperialism and neo-imperialism which have raged since the 1960s but are crucial to understanding the nature of imperialism, past and present, including the contemporary global power of the USA. Can 'good' empires ...
... debates about the causes of imperialism, which have been meticulously and extensively developed since the 1960s and revived by the postcolonial challenge (Cain and Harrison (eds), 2001). Like Wolfe (1997), I use the term 'imperialism ...
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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 | |