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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... societies Case study 4 Representing empire in British culture Chapter 6 Postcolonial perspectives: imperialism or globalization? A post-imperial world? Capitalism, imperialism and globalization 'Pax Americana': an exceptional nation or ...
... societies and empires, establishing that significant commercial exchanges and divisions of labour across borders created early economic world systems (Chase Dunn and Hall, 1997). Frank and Gills (1993), Arrighi (1994) and W. R. Thompson ...
... societies and cultures peopled the continent and populous towns existed in the Aztec and Inca empires and along the banks of the Amazon (Wood, 2003). With drastic population decline, local cultures, religion and political organization ...
... societies in the 'new' world. There was a growing demand in Europe for new commodities, tobacco, sugar, coffee, the 'fruits of Empire' (Walvin, 1997). Before 1750, however, European supremacy was not clear-cut. The Ottoman Empire ...
... societies. In effect, Europeans appropriated from indigenous peoples ancient lands which they held sacred and then treated them with contempt (Coates, 2004). Such oppression was not restricted to seaborne empires. Russia's treatment of ...
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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 | |