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Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Howe, Stephen

Paperback

Series: Very Short Introductions, Book 76

General European HistoryGeneral Political Science

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0192802232
ISBN13: 9780192802231
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 28 2002
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.45 Width: 4.44 Depth: 6.82
Language: English
A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems--the land-based Russian one as well as the seaborne empires of western European powers--have collapsed during the past half century, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. Meanwhile there is fierce argument, and much speculation, about what has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics. Do the United States and its allies, transnational companies, financial and media institutions, or more broadly the forces of globalization, constitute a new imperial system?

Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of empire through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels empire and colonialism, etc., and examines the aftermath of imperialism on the contemporary world.

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