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- catalog abstract ""The history of the world is the history of empires - a history that has not come to an end. Not only are we living with the legacies of the great colonial empires of the past, but also with the new economic-based imperial systems of the modern world. There are those who think that the Internet is a new kind of 'global empire', that the idea of 'international law' is a gigantic fraud, and even that Britain is itself the last colony of the British Empire." "This book achieves what others on this subject have failed to do: it looks at what the 'idea of empire' has meant throughout history - from the ancient Roman Empire, through the reign of Genghis Khan, the British Raj, the colonization of the Americas by the seafaring Spanish, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Soviet Empire, to the present day - disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of such labels as 'empire' and 'colonial', and offering a compelling look at the profound changes in the modern world."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12692657.
- catalog coverage "Europe Colonies.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Territorial expansion.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The history of the world is the history of empires - a history that has not come to an end. Not only are we living with the legacies of the great colonial empires of the past, but also with the new economic-based imperial systems of the modern world. There are those who think that the Internet is a new kind of 'global empire', that the idea of 'international law' is a gigantic fraud, and even that Britain is itself the last colony of the British Empire." "This book achieves what others on this subject have failed to do: it looks at what the 'idea of empire' has meant throughout history - from the ancient Roman Empire, through the reign of Genghis Khan, the British Raj, the colonization of the Americas by the seafaring Spanish, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Soviet Empire, to the present day - disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of such labels as 'empire' and 'colonial', and offering a compelling look at the profound changes in the modern world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: I read the news today -- 1. Who's an imperialist? -- 2. Empire by land -- 3. Empire by sea -- 4. Ends and aftermaths of empire -- 5. Studying and judging empires.".
- catalog extent "139 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0192802232 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Very short introductions ; 76".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Colonies.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Territorial expansion.".
- catalog subject "325/.32/09 21".
- catalog subject "D217 .H68 2002".
- catalog subject "Geopolitics History.".
- catalog subject "Imperialism History.".
- catalog subject "Sea-power History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: I read the news today -- 1. Who's an imperialist? -- 2. Empire by land -- 3. Empire by sea -- 4. Ends and aftermaths of empire -- 5. Studying and judging empires.".
- catalog title "Empire : a very short introduction / Stephen Howe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".