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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... modern-day Turkey. In the sixteenth century the vast Islamic and Chinese empires were, in terms of economic development, cultural sophistication and technological innovation, equal, if not superior to Europe. In Iran, the Safavid ...
... modern monument has been erected by the Latvian people. Other heroic failures include the Scottish project to settle Darien (Panama) between 1698 and 1678. Support for the scheme took almost 50 per cent of Scottish wealth and promise of ...
... modern imperialism. The British Empire now became central to economic prosperity and the development of British culture and politics, nationalism and patriotism. A strong sense of national identity emerged but premised on an 'empire of ...
... modern imperialism (1880 to c. 1960s) which convinces me that economics was not the prime motive. This given, economics does not exist in a vacuum and, as Lenin and the British liberal critic of empire, J. A. Hobson, emphasized, is ...
... modern guise, were common in British imperial discourse, whilst the administration of George W. Bush heralded the 'Second Coming of the Roman Empire', the 'Pax Americana' (Johnson, 2003). A divine right to rule was rooted in ethical ...
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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 | |