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 history. There is still far less published on anti-imperialism than on imperialism and West-centred, particularly British-centred, studies still predominate. Conventional imperial ... power as these two facets of imperial history are ...
... imperial interests? We need to be constantly alert to ahistorical analyses ... power become diffused, fragmented and undermined. Finally, I must stress ... imperial past than white Europeans. Non-Western intellectuals are more likely to ...
... imperial centres thus began (W. R. Thompson, 2000, pp. 13 –14). Such studies raise important questions about continuities, differences and similarities between empires across the epochs. Change was generated by competing power interests ...
Դուք հասել եք այս գրքի դիտումների առավելագույն քանակին.
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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 |