Patterns of empire [electronic resource] : the British and American empires, 1688 to the present / Julian Go.
2011
E183.7 .G6 2011eb
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Patterns of empire [electronic resource] : the British and American empires, 1688 to the present / Julian Go.
Author
Go, Julian, 1970-
ISBN
9781139157803 (electronic bk.)
9781107011830
9781107600782 (pbk.)
9781107011830
9781107600782 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 286 p.) : ill.
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E183.7 .G6 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.73
Summary
"Patterns of empire comprehensively examines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. Challenging the popular theory that the American empire is unique, Patterns of empire shows how the policies, practices, forms, and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present climate of economic decline, treacherous intervention in the Middle East, and overextended imperial confidence. A critical exercise in revisionist history and comparative social science, this book also offers a challenging theory of empire that recognizes the agency of non-Western peoples, the impact of global fields, and the limits of power"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Imperial paths to power
Colonial rules
Hegemonies and empires
Imperial forms, global fields
Weary Titans: declining powers, new imperialisms
The dynamics of imperialism
conclusion.
Imperial paths to power
Colonial rules
Hegemonies and empires
Imperial forms, global fields
Weary Titans: declining powers, new imperialisms
The dynamics of imperialism
conclusion.