Ireland in an Imperial World, Timothy McMahon; Paul Townend; Michael de Nie
Автор: Horning Audrey J Название: Ireland in the Virginian Sea ISBN: 1469610728 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469610726 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6264.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: In the late sixteenth century, the English started expanding westward, establishing control over parts of neighbouring Ireland as well as exploring and later colonising distant North America. Audrey Horning deftly examines the relationship between British colonization efforts in both locales, depicting their close interconnection as fields for colonial experimentation.
Описание: A unique study which uses the collapse of Tsarist Russia and its consequences to argue that the events on the often-forgotten Eastern Front of WWI had a stronger impact on the outcome of the war than is usually accepted.
Описание: This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship.
Автор: Howe Stephen Название: New imperial histories reader ISBN: 0415424585 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415424585 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection not only gathers together some of the most important, influential and controversial work which has come to be labelled `new imperial history`, but also presents key examples of innovative recent writing across the broader fields of imperial and colonial studies.
Описание: "Property rights" and "Russia" do not usually belong in the same sentence. Rather, our general image of the nation is of insecurity of private ownership and defenselessness in the face of the state. This book analyzes the emergence of Russian property regimes from the time of Catherine the Great through World War I and the revolutions of 1917.
Описание: Routledge is proud to publish the first full-scale anthropometric history of Imperial Russia; Mirinov mobilizes an immense volume of archival material to chart chart how the standard of living in Russia changed over slightly more than two centuries.
Автор: Elman Benjamin A Название: Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China ISBN: 067472495X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674724952 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7595.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Benjamin Elman describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world`s first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today.
Описание: The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries.
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