Empires in world history power and the politics of difference / Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper.
| Author/creator | Burbank, Jane |
| Other author | Cooper, Frederick, 1947- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, |
| Description | xiv, 511 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-479) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009036785 |
| ISBN | 9780691127088 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691127085 (hbk. : alk. paper) |