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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... American embroilment in Iraq and which investigates them from a wide range of economic, political, social, and cultural perspectives – requires special resources not only of intelligence but of optimism and energy also. Such works are ...
... American activities in Iraq are not only stimulating new debates on what imperialism is but are also beginning to shape our reflections on what it was in the past. Historians are condemned by the nature of their task to make interim ...
... America, the last stronghold of'real' as opposed to fantasy imperialism was the 'Evil Empire', the USSR, that threatened the free world. With the collapse of communism this threat was superseded by the 'axis of evil' states (Iraq, Iran ...
... American Empire. As empires and imperialism are of interest to historians, social scientists, and literary and ... Americans) be fully interrogated without reference to the migrations, forced and voluntary, that sustained the changing ...
... America the Spanish conquistadores encountered the extensive Inca and Aztec empires. Eventually, with varying degrees of ... American 'others', and not the other way round (Brown, 1963)? Is it this 'uniqueness' which helps to explain how ...
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theories concepts and historiography | 43 |
Chapter 3 Imperialism and modernity | 77 |
Chapter 4 Culture and imperialism | 115 |
Chapter 5 Representing empire | 146 |
imperialism or globalization? | 187 |
Recommended reading | 216 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Index | 270 |