Butcher / Griffiths Before Colonization

Non-Western States and Systems in the Nineteenth Century
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-231-56265-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in International Order and Politics

This book provides a groundbreaking comparative analysis of non-Western states and state systems in the nineteenth century, using an original data set on independent states during this period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Butcher, Charles R.

Griffiths, Ryan D.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Billiard Balls and Bull’s-eyes
Part I: Theoretical Framework and Beginnings
2. The Birth and Death of States Before the League of Nations
3. The Comparative Dynamics of States and Systems
Part II: Regional State Systems
4. East Asia
5. South Asia
6. Maritime Southeast Asia
7. West Africa
Part III: Synthesis
8. Lessons from the Case Studies
9. Systems of Decentralized States
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles R. Butcher is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on the legacies of historical states and state systems, democratization, and civil resistance.

Ryan D. Griffiths is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. His books include Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations (2021).