ISBN:
9780691127088
,
9780691152363
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 511 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
27 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Burbank, Jane, 1946 - Empires in world history
DDC:
909
Keywords:
World history
;
World politics
;
Imperialism History
;
Colonization History
;
Colonies History
;
Power (Social sciences) History
;
Difference (Philosophy) Political aspects
;
History
;
Imperialismus
;
Großmacht
;
Weltgeschichte
;
Weltpolitik
;
Kolonialismus
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Gewalt
;
World history
;
World politics
;
Reich
;
Imperialismus
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonialismus
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Imperial trajectoriesImperial 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.
Description / 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35921
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http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36373
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