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Empires in world history, power and the politics of difference, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper

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Empires in world history, power and the politics of difference, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Empires in world history
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
436358445
Responsibility statement
Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper
Sub title
power and the politics of difference
Table Of Contents
Imperial trajectories -- Imperial rule in Rome and China -- After Rome : empire, Christianity, and Islam -- Eurasian connections : the Mongol empires -- Beyond the Mediterranean : Ottoman and Spanish empires -- Oceanic economies and colonial societies : Europe, Asia, and the Americas -- Beyond the steppe : empire-building in Russia and China -- Empire, nation, and citizenship in a revolutionary age -- Empires across continents : the United States and Russia -- Imperial repertoires and myths of modern colonialism -- Sovereignty and empire : nineteenth-century Europe and its near abroad -- War and revolution in a world of empires, 1914 to 1945 -- End of empire? -- Empires, states, and political imagination
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