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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... political, social, and cultural 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 ...
... political rhetoric of 1980s Reaganite America, the last stronghold of'real' as opposed to fantasy imperialism was the 'Evil Empire', the USSR, that threatened the free world. With the collapse of communism this threat was superseded by ...
... political relations of power between the empire and its subordinated periphery. 'Imperialism', then, is a subjective term that is ideologically loaded and conveys a range of conflicting meanings. The term was first used in Britain in ...
... political economy (Bayly, 2004, p. 38). Globalization in the context ofworld history has attracted far more interest since the 1990s (Hopkins (ed.), 2002). My focus here is on interconnections and comparisons between empires and ...
... political scientists. Almost every facet has now been covered: gender, sexuality, homosexuality, law, sport, the ecological impact, medicine and imperialism and the 'empire at home'. As a researcher and teacher of imperial history ...
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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 |