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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Արդյունքներ 50–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... emergence of new conceptualizations of 'pastness', the emergence of fresh forms of social theorizing, the rise of concerns with narrative, representation and the linguistic turn, and a self-conscious engagement with the issues of ...
... emergence of anti-imperialism at the end of the nineteenth century that strengthened the negative connotations of the term. If we are to develop a less Eurocentric perspective, a study of imperialism must interrogate empires ...
... emergence of the Second British Empire in the late eighteenth century, a Eurocentric position that excluded important developments in earlier periods, even prior to 1492 (Armitage, 2001). Such Eurocentricism has been criticized as an ...
... emerged with the great civilizations of antiquity such as Old Babylonia (1800 BC), which bequeathed mathematics, science and the written word to future Middle Eastern and European cultures. The Greek Empire (c. 750–550 BC) created ...
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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 |