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 70–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... relationship with imperialism, which Barbara skilfully dissects in Chapter 6, is inevitably bringing economics and geo-politics back nearer to the centre of discussions of the subject again. For myself, the most valuable sections of ...
... relationship between imperial power and resistance, but does not address some of the key debates opened up by the postcolonial challenge. Howe (2002) does examine what the idea of empire has meant throughout history but it is, as the ...
... 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 historian whose past family prosperity derived from the Empire. A Marxist ...
... relationship between economic growth, capitalism and imperialism is particularly challenging in relation to the history of the USA. When colonists launched the first anti-imperial struggle of the modern era, they forged a new republic ...
... emergence of the 'new racism' herald the era of the 'new' New Imperialism (Furedi, 1995; Balibar, 1991)? These developments opened up new debates about the relationship between globalization and imperialism which will be examined in.
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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 | |