The Oxford world history of empire. Volume two, The history of empires /
The Oxford world history of empire. Volume two, The history of empires /
World history of empire Empire History of empires
edited by Peter Fibiger Bang, C.A. Bayly, and Walter Scheidel.
- 1 online resource (1352 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Oxford scholarship online .
- Oxford scholarship online. .
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. Volume Two tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present. Case studies deal with the full range of the historical experience of empire, from the realms of the Achaemenids and Asoka to the empires of Mali and Songhay, and from ancient Rome and China to the Mughals, American settler colonialism, and the Soviet Union.
Specialized.
9780197532799 (ebook) : No price
Imperialism--History.
World history.
JC359
325.32
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. Volume Two tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present. Case studies deal with the full range of the historical experience of empire, from the realms of the Achaemenids and Asoka to the empires of Mali and Songhay, and from ancient Rome and China to the Mughals, American settler colonialism, and the Soviet Union.
Specialized.
9780197532799 (ebook) : No price
Imperialism--History.
World history.
JC359
325.32