Empires in world history : power and the politics of difference / Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper.

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Burbank, Jane [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Description
xiv, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

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      This book "departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa," the authors "examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination, emphasizing how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations."--Jacket.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Introduction: 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
      • Merchant 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 the myth of modern colonialism
      • Sovereignty and empire : 19th-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.
      ISBN
      • 9780691127088 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 0691127085 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780691152363
      • 0691152365
      LCCN
      2009036785
      OCLC
      436358445
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