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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... European empires Imperialism and the culture of modernity: the civilizing mission The contradictions of imperialism ... Eurocentrism: challenges to Western knowledge Case study 2 China and Japan: modernity, imperialism and anti ...
... Eurocentric literature that had its origins in the heyday of European imperialism. That is as it should be because the former has attracted most of the attention in recent years and because it was essential to make the shift to a more ...
... Eurocentric perspective, a study of imperialism must interrogate empires and imperialism. In explaining the rise and fall of empires, some political historians have favoured the term 'Great Powers' (Kennedy, 1988), prioritizing the ...
... Eurocentric tendencies in imperial history. There is still far less published on anti-imperialism than on imperialism and West-centred, particularly British-centred, studies still predominate. Conventional imperial history (like ...
... European history around the Columbus legend and the Eurocentric prioritization of imperialism from the seminal date, 1492, the 'discovery' of the Americas. At this time Europeans had no special advantage, so why was the conquest so ...
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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 | |