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 79–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... imperialism, however, remain as relevant today as in the past, reflected in the growing popularity of imperial history. As Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri pointed out in Empire (2001), imperialism as we knew it may have passed but ...
... imperial history, including interdisciplinary and postcolonial perspectives. I am not entering into theoretical ... imperial history has been delinked from other aspects of the 'national story' of the imperial power, whereas empire and ...
... history of empire would be to write the history of the world' and understanding imperialism is essential to understanding the contemporary world (p. xvi). How else can we explain continued racial tensions in the ex-imperial powers of ...
... imperialism and the 'empire at home'. As a researcher and teacher of imperial history, however, I have become keenly aware of the need for a text of this nature. Most of the works addressing theoretical and conceptual issues date from ...
... history to establish ... a link between the history of empires, which ... imperial' era. Each chapter will provide an overview of the range of ... imperial power as these two facets of imperial history are implicitly linked (Bush, 1999) ...
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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 | |