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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... concept'; and the variety of ways of describing and dissecting it register not so much confusion or even the enormous complexity of the subject matter as the fact that historians' visions of empires, whether formal orinformal, ancient ...
... the next generation of imperial historians will, hopefully, begin to fill. Peter Cain Research Professor in History Sheffield Hallam University Preface to the series History: Concepts, Theories and Practice is x Foreword.
Barbara Bush. Preface. to. the. series. History: Concepts, Theories and Practice is a series that offers a coherent and detailed examination of the nature and effects of recent theoretical, methodological and historiographical developments ...
... concept (Hancock, 1943, p. 9). 'Empire' and 'imperialism' are blanket terms and demand careful consideration (Doyle, 1986). Blurring, contradiction and confusion over the nature of imperialism are reflected in the different terminology ...
... concept of commonwealth is relevant here. Commonwealth may be defined as 'a group of politically discrete but related polities collectively distinguishable from other polities or commonwealths by a shared culture and history' (Fowden ...
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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 |