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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... Critical interrogation of the meaning of empire and imperialism, the link between imperialism, modernity and capitalism and the impact of imperialism on global structures and national cultures, past and present, is the central focus ...
... critical study of historical, literary and postcolonial scholarship on imperialism from 1500 to 1900, but omit important developments in the twentieth century. Most overview works remain focused on the British Empire from circathe ...
... critical framework that incorporates fresh insights informed by postcolonial theory. Additionally, we need to go beyond the preoccupation with British or European empires from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. As Anthony ...
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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 |