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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... the Reichstag, and the powers of the emperor/Kaiser were limited. Yet there is a dangerous slippage between 'empire' and 'commonwealth'. The first use of the term 'commonwealth' in relation to England and its colonies was during the ...
... the ecological impact, medicine and imperialism and the 'empire at home'. As a researcher and teacher of imperial history, however, I have become keenly aware of the need for a text of this nature. Most of the works addressing ...
... the Spanish (Ibeji, 2003), but eventually abandoned the settlement. Such early settlement schemes reflected utopian dreams and the contemporary obsession with mercantile wealth rather than imperial ambitions. The industrialization of ...
... the international economy. It was the age of Britain's 'slave empire' (Walvin, 2000) but also a transitional period between the older colonial system based on trade in commodities, including slaves, and modern imperialism. The British ...
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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 | |