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 66–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... influenced by the 'cultural turn', and especially by Said, than she does to the more conventional, often economics-inspired, Eurocentric literature that had its origins in the heyday of European imperialism. That is as it should be ...
... influence. 'Empire', a bounded geographical entity, is a less loaded term than 'imperialism', which inscribes social, cultural and political relations of power between the empire and its subordinated periphery. 'Imperialism', then, is a ...
... history that were previously marginalized in the historiography. Studies influenced by postcolonial theory have challenged West-centred paradigms of the imperial past and present. There has been more emphasis 4 Introduction.
... influence of the West, neglecting the Eastern contribution to Western development (Chaudhuri, 1990; Hobson, 2004). It has also precluded fruitful comparative analyses. World systems analysis, pioneered by Braudel (1984) and Immanuel ...
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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 |