TY - BOOK AU - Pagden,Anthony TI - The burdens of empire: 1539 to the present SN - 9780521198271 U1 - 325.32094 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Imperialism KW - History KW - Colonization KW - Ethnic relations KW - Philosophy KW - International relations KW - Europe KW - Colonies N2 - "This book examines how empires were conceived by those who ruled them and lived under them; it looks at the relations, real or imagined, between the imperial metropolis (when one existed) and its outlying provinces or colonies; and it asks how the laws that governed the various parts and various ethnic groups, of which all empires were made, were conceived and interpreted."-- ER -