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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... aspects which are conveniently rendered under the title 'postcolonialism' inevitably raises the perennial problem as to how to define words like 'imperialism' and 'colonialism'. Barbara acknowledges the huge range. Foreword.
... definition is 'a precise statement of the essential nature of a thing' then a word like 'imperialism' is similar to others like 'liberty' or 'freedom' which resist that precision. Imperialism is what the philosopher William Gallie many ...
... defines an empire as . . . a great power that has left its mark on the international relations of the era . . . a ... defined as 'a group of politically discrete but related polities collectively distinguishable from other polities or ...
... definition and overemphasizing the impact of imperialism at global, national and local levels. Yet, for too long, imperial history has been delinked from other aspects of the 'national story' of the imperial power, whereas empire and ...
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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 |