EmpireISBN: 978-0-7456-3251-3
Hardcover
248 pages
February 2007, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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- Provides a historically-informed conceptual introduction to the
idea of empire
- Surveys different imperial experiences across time and
place
- Using wide-ranging examples, the book discusses some of the
major theories of empire and imperialism in an accessible and
engaging way
- Chapters consider the imperial organisation of political space;
the role of markets in sustaining imperial rule; and the
contradictory expressions of imperial culture