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Empires in world history : power and the politics of difference /

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Main Authors: Burbank, Jane (Author), Cooper, Frederick, 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Series:Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books.
Subjects:
World history.
World politics.
Imperialism > History.
Colonization > History.
Colonies > History.
Power (Social sciences) > History.
Difference (Philosophy) > Political aspects > History.
HISTORY / World
Colonies.
Colonization.
Difference (Philosophy) > Political aspects.
Imperialism.
Power (Social sciences)
Reich
Großmacht
Imperialismus
Kolonialismus
Hegemonie
Reich.
Imperialismus.
Kolonialismus.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Imperial trajectories
  • Imperial rule in Rome and China
  • After Rome : empire, Christianity, and Islam
  • Eurasian connections : the Mongol empires
  • Beyond the Mediterranean : Ottoman and Spanish empires
  • Oceanic economies and colonial societies : Europe, Asia, and the Americas
  • Beyond the steppe : empire-building in Russia and China
  • Empire, nation, and citizenship in a revolutionary age
  • Empires across continents : the United States and Russia
  • Imperial repertoires and myths of modern colonialism
  • Sovereignty and empire : nineteenth-century Europe and its near abroad
  • War and revolution in a world of empires, 1914 to 1945
  • End of empire?
  • Empires, states, and political imagination.