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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Barbara Bush. Case study 4 Representing empire in British culture Chapter 6 Postcolonial perspectives: imperialism or globalization? A post-imperial world? Capitalism, imperialism and globalization 'Pax Americana': an exceptional nation ...
... perspectives – requires special resources not only of intelligence but of optimism and energy also. Such works are always open to attack from the specialists who claim that their own field has been misrepresented or misunderstood. They ...
... perspective in order to be faithful to the rich legacy left by the great European empires of modern times and to reflect changes in awareness and interest both in the West and in the formerly colonised nations. What is perhaps needed ...
... perspective and position on the nature of history) explains the most up-to-date interpretational and historiographic developments that fall within its own historical field. However, this review of the 'latest interpretation and ...
... perspectives. Different meanings are ascribed to empire over time. Empire, imperium, reich, commonwealth, all imply expansion of states outside their territory, a widening of geographical space, either by land or sea, extending ...
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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 |