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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... historians was much smaller and when perspectives on the subject were, anyway, much narrower than they are today. Even those scholars who are sniffy about general works such as this will no doubt sometimes be caught consulting it in ...
... Historians are condemned by the nature of their task to make interim statements only: Barbara's book is valuable ... historians and those who write in a more traditional vein; a gap that the next generation of imperial historians will ...
... historians as much as it is reconstructed from the sources available about the past. The series examines the ... historians make upon their sources, the current debates on the uses to which evidence is put, and how evidence is connected ...
... historians have favoured the term 'Great Powers' (Kennedy, 1988), prioritizing the powerful modern nationstate. Is this applicable to 'powers' which created empires before the modern age? Lieven defines an empire as ... a great power ...
... historians populated by macro/overview 'parachutists' and micro/detail 'truffle hunters' and frequently marred by polarized rancour and dispute, there is a need for both approaches and more productive interconnections between the ...
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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 | |