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Empire Alejandro Colas

Empire By Alejandro Colas

Empire by Alejandro Colas

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The notion of empire has in recent years taken on a renewed importance in world politics. US foreign policy has in particular been associated with this concept by both critics and supporters of American global power.

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Empire by Alejandro Colas

Colas draws on interdisciplinary debates surrounding the notion of empire, and offers a survey of different imperial experiences across time and place. Successive chapters consider the imperial organisation of political space, the role of markets in sustaining imperial rule and the contradictory expressions of imperial culture.

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Analytically rigorous, historically rich, and theoretically innovative ... [An] outstanding work of scholarship. Australian Journal of Political Science An essential read for all those who are interested in the meaning of empire today, be it within academia or the wider public. Nations and Nationalism In this excellent book, Alejandro Colas draws together a wide range of theoretical perspectives and combines them with rich historical detail to illustrate his argument. That he does so in a concise, readable and yet rigorous way is something to be applauded. In short, Empire is a highly impressive achievement. Ray Kiely, University of London This is an impressive and erudite contribution to the international relations literature on empire. Its distinctive approach, which focuses upon the spatial, economic, and cultural attributes of empire, works very effectively. Anthony McGrew, University of Southampton

About Alejandro Colas

Alejandro Colas is Lecturer in International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London and University of Sussex.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Empires in History. The Meanings of Empire. Contrasting Empires. The Distinctiveness of Empire. 2. Empire as Space. The Spatial Imagination of Empire. Cosmology, Cartography and Government. The Spatial Organisation of Empire. Frontier, Conquest and Administration. The Ottoman Empire. Spain's American Empire. Imperial Legacies: Nation and Citizenship in a Post-Colonial World. 3 Empire as Market. Trade and Empire. Towards A World Market. Imperial Transformations at the Centre and Periphery. The Consequences of Capitalist Imperialism. Explaining Capitalist Imperialism. 4 Empire as Culture. Culture and Imperial Domination. Imperial Culture and the End. of the State of Nature in Spanish America. Colonial Racism and the Perils of Miscegenation. Nativism and the Invention of Tradition in Africa Culture and the Subversion of Empire. Cultural Imperialism or Global Culture?. 5 After Empire. American Empire. Postmodern Empire. Liberal Empire. The End of Empire?. Notes. References. Index.

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CIN0745632521G
9780745632520
0745632521
Empire by Alejandro Colas
Alejandro Colas
Key Concepts
Used - Good
Paperback
Polity Press
20061213
248
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