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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... imperial power within wider developments in world history, from the Roman to the present-day American Empire. As empires and imperialism are of interest to historians, social scientists, and literary and cultural theorists, the scope is ...
... colonial encounter, areas formerly neglected or marginalized in imperial histories, have provided a more nuanced understanding of empires and their aftermath. With the postcolonial 'turn' imperial history became 'sexy' (literally, in ...
... History of the British Empire (5 vols, 1998 –2000) revealed the durability of conventional and/or Eurocentric tendencies in imperial history. There is still far less published on anti-imperialism than on imperialism and West-centred ...
... history has been marginalized in the cultural 'turn', yet there are many ... imperial interests? We need to be constantly alert to ahistorical analyses ... imperial past than white Europeans. Non-Western intellectuals are more likely to ...
... history around the Columbus legend and the Eurocentric prioritization of imperialism from the seminal date, 1492 ... imperial centre and colonial periphery. This given, imperialism also generated dynamic cultural change and resistance ...
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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 |