Power and the politics of difference jane burbank, frederick cooper princeton, nj, princeton university press. Empires in world history by jane burbank, 9780691152363, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Empires in world history princeton university press. A history of the viking world, and general editor of the great routes. Power and the politics of difference, by jane burbank and. Start studying world history book lesson 5 the byzantine empire. It will serve well as an introductory text for university students and as a reference for scholars. The book is pioneering in bringing together historians of antiquity and the middle ages with scholars of postmedieval european empires, while a genuinely worldhistorical perspective is provided by chapters on china, the incas and the ottomans.
The authors comparatively analyze eurasian histories of various empire bureaucracies, expansionist military policies, and the successful. Empires in world history provides a powerful teaching tool for framing the sometimes fluid and complex relationships between empires and nationstates, subjects and citizens, inclusion and exclusion. Winner of the 2011 book prize, world history association. Empiresvast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambitionhave dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in world history is one of the clearest written surveys of empires available. Empiresvast states of territories and peoples united by. The 5 most powerful empires in history the national interest. Empires in world history, power and the politics of difference by. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Empires in world history departs from conventional european and nationcentered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order.
Empires in world history jane burbank, frederick cooper haftad. The commack school district mission statement within the context of a caring community of learners, our primary mission is to provide an exemplary. Philip parker is a historian specializing in the classical and medieval world. The persian empire existed at a unique time in history, when most of the oikumene, or civilized, settled, populated world was concentrated in or near the middle east. Beginning with ancient rome and china and continuing across asia, europe, the americas, and africa, jane burbank and frederick cooper examine empires. Empires and bureaucracy in world history seeks answers to these fundamental problems in imperial studies by exploring the power and limits of bureaucracy. Leonard on burbank and cooper, empires in world history. Patterns of interaction book chapters chapter 1 the peopling of the world prehistory2500 b. This book will likely prove most useful in graduate courses in empire andor world history and to teachers who are seeking a way to teach about empire without simply jumping from one to the next. Utmarkelser, winner of world history association book prize 2011. A history of cargoes and commerce over land and sea. True story of courage and survival laura hillenbrand the complete book of ford. Gramscistyle, intrusive, hegemonic statebased power in their landmark book, empire 2000. Beginning with ancient rome and china and continuing across asia, europe, the americas, and africa, jane burbank and frederick cooper examine empires conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations.
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