Empires: A Historical and Political Sociology
Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their principles and how do they differ from other political forms, such as the nation-state? What sort of relations between rulers and ruled do they express? Do they, as many have held, follow a particular course of rise, decline, and fall? How and why do empires end, and with what consequences? Is the era of empire over?This book explores these questions through a fascinating analysis of the major empires of world history and the present. It pays attention not just to the modern overseas empires of the Eu…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5095-2834-9
- EAN: 9781509528349
- Produktnummer: 34066567
- Verlag: Polity Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.3 cm 458 g
- Gewicht: 458
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Krishan Kumar is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.
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