The Oxford world history of empire. Volume one, The imperial experience / edited by Peter Fibiger Bang, C.A. Bayly, and Walter Scheidel.
Contributor(s): Bang, Peter F. (Peter Fibiger) [editor.] | Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan) [editor.] | Scheidel, Walter [editor.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (584 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197532751 (ebook) :.Other title: World history of empire | Empire | Imperial experience.Subject(s): Imperialism -- History | Imperialism -- Cross-cultural studiesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199772360DDC classification: 325.32 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This is a world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism throughout history and across continents, from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas. This volume is dedicated to synthesis and comparison. Following a comprehensive theoretical survey and bold world history synthesis, 15 chapters analyse and explore the multifaceted experience of empire across cultures and through the ages.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism throughout history and across continents, from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas. This volume is dedicated to synthesis and comparison. Following a comprehensive theoretical survey and bold world history synthesis, 15 chapters analyse and explore the multifaceted experience of empire across cultures and through the ages.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 20, 2021).