Within And Without Empire
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Author |
: Theo van Heijnsbergen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2014-01-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443855679 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1443855677 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Within and Without Empire by : Theo van Heijnsbergen
The concept of the border evoked by the title of the present volume provides a central interpretative key for our project at more than one level, as it is suggestive both of Scotland as a 'theoretical borderland' in relation to the Empire and postcoloniality, and of our attempt at bringing into dialogue scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, including Scottish, Celtic and postcolonial studies. The 'Scotland' of the present volume's title is thus suggestive of a critical standpoint ...
Author |
: Daniel Immerwahr |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2019-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374715120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374715122 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Hide an Empire by : Daniel Immerwahr
Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune A Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an “empire,” exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territories—the islands, atolls, and archipelagos—this country has governed and inhabited? In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light. We travel to the Guano Islands, where prospectors collected one of the nineteenth century’s most valuable commodities, and the Philippines, site of the most destructive event on U.S. soil. In Puerto Rico, Immerwahr shows how U.S. doctors conducted grisly experiments they would never have conducted on the mainland and charts the emergence of independence fighters who would shoot up the U.S. Congress. In the years after World War II, Immerwahr notes, the United States moved away from colonialism. Instead, it put innovations in electronics, transportation, and culture to use, devising a new sort of influence that did not require the control of colonies. Rich with absorbing vignettes, full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalization mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history.
Author |
: Karen Dubinsky |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2016-01-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442666504 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442666501 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Within and Without the Nation by : Karen Dubinsky
In some ways, Canadian history has always been international, comparative, and wide-ranging. However, in recent years the importance of the ties between Canadian and transnational history have become increasingly clear. Within and Without the Nation brings scholars from a range of disciplines together to examine Canada’s past in new ways through the lens of transnational scholarship. Moving beyond well-known comparisons with Britain and the United States, the fifteen essays in this collection connect Canada with Latin America, the Caribbean, and the wider Pacific world, as well as with other parts of the British Empire. Examining themes such as the dispossession of indigenous peoples, the influence of nationalism and national identity, and the impact of global migration, Within and Without the Nation is a text which will help readers rethink what constitutes Canadian history.
Author |
: Carla Sassi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1443849227 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781443849227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Within and Without Empire by : Carla Sassi
The concept of the border evoked by the title of the present volume provides a central interpretative key for our project at more than one level, as it is suggestive both of Scotland as a â ~theoretical borderlandâ (TM) in relation to the Empire and postcoloniality, and of our attempt at bringing into dialogue scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, including Scottish, Celtic and postcolonial studies. The â ~Scotlandâ (TM) of the present volumeâ (TM)s title is thus suggestive of a critical standpoint from which and within which we purpose to productively question disciplinary borders and epistemological fences. Divided into three parts - Gaelic Perspectives; Writing Scotlandâ (TM)s (Post-)Empire; Scotlandâ (TM)s Others: Relations and Representations -Within and Without Empire intends to encourage, by mapping out pathways and patterns of interdisciplinary conversation, more theoretical and theoretically driven empirical research across Scottish and postcolonial studies. Furthermore, by moving beyond the theoretical impasse of a â ~pureâ (TM) (post)colonial identity, it also aims, possibly more ambitiously, to foster a re-thinking of discipline-bound 'truths' and a shaping of new paradigms for a deeper understanding of a world in dramatic flux and of ever-growing global interdependence.
Author |
: Jodi A. Byrd |
Publisher |
: U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2011-09-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452933177 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452933170 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Transit of Empire by : Jodi A. Byrd
Examines how “Indianness” has propagated U.S. conceptions of empire
Author |
: Stefan Berger |
Publisher |
: Central European University Press |
Total Pages |
: 702 |
Release |
: 2015-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789633860168 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9633860164 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nationalizing Empires by : Stefan Berger
The essays in Nationalizing Empires challenge the dichotomy between empire and nation state that for decades has dominated historiography. The authors center their attention on nation-building in the imperial core and maintain that the nineteenth century, rather than the age of nation-states, was the age of empires and nationalism. They identify a number of instances where nation building projects in the imperial metropolis aimed at the preservation and extension of empires rather than at their dissolution or the transformation of entire empires into nation states. Such observations have until recently largely escaped theoretical reflection.
Author |
: Graham MacPhee |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2007-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857453334 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857453335 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empire and After by : Graham MacPhee
The growing debate over British national identity, and the place of "Englishness" within it, raises crucial questions about multiculturalism, postimperial culture and identity, and the past and future histories of globalization. However, discussions of Englishness have too often been limited by insular conceptions of national literature, culture, and history, which serve to erase or marginalize the colonial and postcolonial locations in which British national identity has been articulated. This volume breaks new ground by drawing together a range of disciplinary approaches in order to resituate the relationship between British national identity and Englishness within a global framework. Ranging from the literature and history of empire to analyses of contemporary culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric, and postimperial memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being parochial or self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity in our postcolonial and globalized world.
Author |
: Sathnam Sanghera |
Publisher |
: Pantheon |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2023-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593316689 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593316681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empireland by : Sathnam Sanghera
A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism. "Empireland is brilliantly written, deeply researched and massively important. It’ll stay in your head for years.” —John Oliver, Emmy Award-winning host of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" With a new introduction by the author and a foreword by Booker Prize-winner Marlon James A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism. Empire—whether British or otherwise—informs nearly everything we do. From common thought to our daily routines; from the foundations of social safety nets to the realities of racism; and from the distrust of public intellectuals to the exceptionalism that permeates immigration debates, the Brexit campaign and the global reckonings with controversial memorials, Empireland shows how the pernicious legacy of Western imperialism undergirds our everyday lives, yet remains shockingly obscured from view. In accessible, witty prose, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Sathnam Sanghera traces this legacy back to its source, exposing how—in both profound and innocuous ways—imperial domination has shaped the United Kingdom we know today. Sanghera connects the historical dots across continents and seas to show how the shadows of a colonial past still linger over modern-day Britain and how the world, in turn, was shaped by Britain’s looming hand. The implications, of course, extend to Britain’s most notorious former colony turned imperial power: the United States of America, which prides itself for its maverick soul and yet seems to have inherited all the ambition, brutality and exceptional thinking of its parent. With a foreword by Booker Prize–winner Marlon James, Empireland is a revelatory and lucid work of political history that offers a sobering appraisal of the past so we may move toward a more just future.
Author |
: Alexander D Barder |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 179 |
Release |
: 2015-03-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317590088 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317590082 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empire Within by : Alexander D Barder
This book explores the reverberating impacts between historical and contemporary imperial laboratories and their metropoles through three case studies concerning violence, surveillance and political economy. The invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 forced the United States to experiment and innovate in considerable ways. Faced with growing insurgencies that called into question its entire mission, the occupation authorities engaged in a series of tactical and technological innovations that changed the way it combated insurgents and managed local populations. The book presents new material to develop the argument that imperial and colonial contexts function as a laboratory in which techniques of violence, population control and economic principles are developed which are subsequently introduced into the domestic society of the imperial state. The text challenges the widely taken for granted notion that the diffusion of norms and techniques is a one-way street from the imperial metropole to the dependent or weak periphery. This work will be of great interest to scholars of international relations, critical security studies and international relations theory.
Author |
: Antoinette Burton |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2011-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822349020 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822349027 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empire in Question by : Antoinette Burton
Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events.