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 57–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... racial and economic aspects of the concept (Hancock, 1943, p. 9). 'Empire' and 'imperialism' are blanket terms and demand careful consideration (Doyle, 1986). Blurring, contradiction and confusion over the nature of imperialism are ...
... racial tensions in the ex-imperial powers of western Europe; the problematic nature of 'Britishness'; the contradictions within the French concept of citizenship, which prioritizes a common unifying culture over racial difference, yet ...
... racial exclusion in London or Paris have a different, and more painful, relationship to the imperial past than white Europeans. Non-Western intellectuals are more likely to see empire in a negative perspective than a British imperial ...
... racial oppression represented the uglier side of imperialism, but common to imperial discourse is a 'utopian vision ... racially pure Han Chinese and legitimacy rested on acceptance of Confucian morality, performing the correct.
... racial and cultural superiority? Economic exploitation A common theme in imperial expansion is the economic exploitation of the colonized, whether through tribute, taxes, expropriation of land, control of trade and production or a ...
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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 | |