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. Chapter. 1. Untangling. imperialism: comparisons. over. time. and. space. DOI: 10.4324/9781315836188-2 The ... chapter charts the ebb and flow of empires over time, in the longue durée. These include land-based (continental) ...
... (Chapter 3) and fortuitous ecological and physical factors or, in the words of Jared Diamond, 'we are all equal but the playing fields are not' (Diamond, 1997). All three have some validity. Assumptions of the 'exceptionalism' or ...
... foothold in Asia. Although nominally independent until the revolution in 1959, Cuba was effectively a US colony (Jenks, 1928). The nature of US imperialism is discussed more fully in Chapter 6. It is not my intention to go into depth about.
... (Chapter 2). Economic determinist arguments are insufficient to explain the complex phenomenon of imperial expansion, but I have yet to find a plausible explanation of modern imperialism (1880 to c. 1960s) which convinces me that ...
... chapter. Commonalities. and. divergences. between. empires. over. time. How does a broad view of different empires over time help us to define the nature of empires and the differences and similarities between them? What contitutes an ...
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theories concepts and historiography | |
the case of Ireland | |
Imperialism and modernity | |
modernity imperialism and antiWesternism | |
Culture and imperialism | |
Case study 3 Culture and imperialism in British Africa | |
Case study 4 Representing empire in British culture | |
Recommended reading | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |