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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... stimulated by postcolonial theory provide the conceptual framework. Chapters 1 and 2 are foundational chapters. Chapter 1 explores the nature of empires from ancient to modern and queries the unique nature of European imperialism ...
... stimulated the beginning of humanism and rationalism associated with the Renaissance. Exploration held the promise of contrasting utopias; Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) was driven by a religious vision and the desire to ...
... cent of its gold (Kamen, 2002, p. 75). Silver from Latin America not only enriched the Spanish monarchy but stimulated early globalization; processed New World silver was exchanged for slaves, paid for Indian cotton.
... stimulated industrialization that heralded the 'second age of discovery' of Australia and New Zealand and expansion in India (Osterhammel, 1997, p. 30). Britain defeated France and Spain in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), the first ...
... stimulated the industrialization of the North. The building and control of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s, after French failure, secured control over the strategic Central American isthmus and the naval defence of the US west coast ...
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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 | |