Empires in World History

Power and the Politics of Difference
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-691-15236-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1106 g

Empires--vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition--have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History 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, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination--with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations. Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries. They delve into the militant monotheism of Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphates, and the short-lived Carolingians, as well as the pragmatically tolerant rule of the Mongols and Ottomans, who combined religious protection with the politics of loyalty. Burbank and Cooper discuss the influence of empire on capitalism and popular sovereignty, the limitations and instability of Europe's colonial projects, Russia's repertoire of exploitation and differentiation, as well as the "empire of liberty"--devised by American revolutionaries and later extended across a continent and beyond. With its investigation into the relationship between diversity and imperial states, Empires in World History offers a fresh approach to understanding the impact of empires on the past and present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burbank, Jane

Cooper, Frederick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Preface xi

Chapter 1: Imperial Trajectories 1

Chapter 2: Imperial Rule in Rome and China 23

Chapter 3: After Rome: Empire, Christianity, and Islam 61

Chapter 4: Eurasian Connections: The Mongol Empires 93

Chapter 5: Beyond the Mediterranean: Ottoman and Spanish Empires 117

Chapter 6: Oceanic Economies and Colonial Societies: Europe, Asia, and the Americas 149

Chapter 7: Beyond the Steppe: Empire-Building in Russia and China 185

Chapter 8: Empire, Nation, and Citizenship in a Revolutionary Age 219

Chapter 9: Empires across Continents: The United States and Russia 251

Chapter 10: Imperial Repertoires and Myths of Modern Colonialism 287

Chapter 11: Sovereignty and Empire: Nineteenth-Century Europe and Its Near Abroad 331

Chapter 12: War and Revolution in a World of Empires: 1914 to 1945 369

Chapter 13: End of Empire? 413

Chapter 14: Empires, States, and Political Imagination 443

Suggested Reading and Citations 461

Index 481

Über Autor(innen)

Cooper, Frederick
Frederick Cooper is professor of history at New York University. His books include Decolonization and African Society and Colonialism in Question.

Burbank, Jane
Jane Burbank is professor of history and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University. Her books include Intelligentsia and Revolution and Russian Peasants Go to Court.

Jane Burbank is professor of history and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University. Her books include "Intelligentsia and Revolution" and "Russian Peasants Go to Court". Frederick Cooper is professor of history at New York University. His books include "Decolonization and African Society" and "Colonialism in Question".