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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... Western representations of non-Western societies 83 • 87 • 91 • 93 • 96 100 115 116 120 122 125 • • • • • 130 • 132 137 146 147 • • 149 • 154 • 167 • 172 Case study 4 Representing empire in British culture Chapter 6 vi Contents.
... West Indies (author's own photograph) British imperial military power in India: 'Blowing up the Cashmere Gate' (the siege of Lucknow, 1857) from Rev. C. S. Dawe, King Edward's Realm: The Story ofthe Making of the Empire(London, The ...
... western Europe; the problematic nature of 'Britishness'; the contradictions within the French concept of citizenship, which prioritizes ... West-centred paradigms of the imperial past and present. There has been more emphasis 4 Introduction.
... Western and ancient empires (Alcock et al., 2002), but imperialism is still conceptualized predominantly within a modern West-centred context. As Michael Adas (1998) points out, much can be learned from applying concepts of colonialism ...
... West came to dominate the rest of the world? Three broad arguments can be forwarded in support of the 'uniqueness' of Europe: the rise of capitalism, European modernity (Chapter 3) and fortuitous ecological and physical factors or, in ...
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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 |