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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... racial superiority A belief in the irreconcilable difference or 'otherness' of subordinated peoples is also a continuous feature of empires and essential to the superior identities of the powerful. Davies, Nandy and Sardar have argued ...
... racial superiority based on racial 'purity' became more firmly defined as imperialism expanded, stabilizing the racial boundaries on which white prestige and power was premised (Stoler, 1997). Thus by the nineteenth century the 'Latin ...
... racial ideologies in the operation of European/Western imperial power (Kiernan, 1969; Huttenback, 1976; Furedi, 1998; Bush, 1999). Pieterse is unequivocal: Racism is the psychology of imperialism, the spirit of empire, because racism ...
... racial destiny for a particular chosen people. (Horsman, 1981, pp. 3–5, 77) Whereas tension and rivalry had formerly characterized the British–American relationship, by 1900 there was greater consensus around the 'manifest destiny' of ...
... racial superiority shaped Western racism and became institutionalized through new international organizations such as the League of Nations, strengthening Western power (Lauren, 1996). Strategies of imperial conquest and rule Why did ...
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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 | |