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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... resistance and cultural change Case study 3 Culture and imperialism in British Africa Chapter 5 Representing empire Representing empire: dominant discourses Representation and the legitimization of imperial power Constructing the ...
... resistance (Bush, 1999). In this book I want to explore recent intellectual, theoretical and conceptual developments in imperial history, including interdisciplinary and postcolonial perspectives. I am not entering into theoretical ...
... 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 title implies, a very short history. Sauer ...
... resistance and imperial power as these two facets of imperial history are implicitly linked (Bush, 1999). For the same reasons, gender perspectives have been integrated where relevant, rather than dealt with separately. I have not ...
... resistance that challenged the inequalities inherent in imperialist relations. Early and later empires were similar in that they were premised on military power and conquest of peoples to accrue wealth through a combination of trade ...
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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 | |