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020			_a9780192802231
040			_aCLIITBBS
041			_aeng
082	0	0	_a325.32 _bHOW/E
100			_aHowe, Stephen _eauthor _917873
245	1	0	_aEmpire : _ba very short introduction / _cby Stephen Howe.
260			_aOxford ; New York : _bOxford University Press, _c2002.
300			_a139 p. : _b ill. ; _c18 cm.
504			_aIncludes Index.
520			_aA great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems--the land-based Russian one as well as the seaborne empires of western European powers--have collapsed during the past half century, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. Meanwhile there is fierce argument, and much speculation, about what has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics. Do the United States and its allies, transnational companies, financial and media institutions, or more broadly the forces of "globalization", constitute a new imperial system? Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of "empire" through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels "empire" and "colonialism", etc., and examines the aftermath of imperialism on the contemporary world.
650			_aImperialism - History _917874
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