Title: Imperial co-operation and transfer, 1870-1930 : empires and encounters /
Authors: Barth, Volker, 1974-; Cvetkovski, Roland,
Year: 2015
Subjects: History, Modern; History, Modern; Imperialism History; Imperialism History; International cooperation History; International cooperation History; Cultural relations History; Cultural relations History; World politics; World politics; Cultural relations; History, Modern; Imperialism; International cooperation; World politics
Abstract: "Conflict and competition between imperial powers has long been a feature of global history, but their co-operation has largely been a peripheral concern. Imperial Co-operation and Transfer, 1870-1930 redresses this imbalance, providing a coherent conceptual framework for the study of inter-imperial collaboration and arguing that it deserves an equally prominent position in the field. Using a variety of examples from across Asia, Europe and Africa, this book demonstrates the ways in which empires have shared and exchanged their knowledge about imperial governance, including military strategy, religious influence and political surveillance. It asks how, when and where these partnerships took place, and who initiated them. Not only does this book fill an empirical gap in the study of imperial history, it traces ideas of empire from their conception in imperial contact zones to their implementation in specific contexts. As such, this is an important study for imperial and global historians of all specialisms"--From publisher's website.
Contents: I. Conceptual horizons -- Introduction: Encounters of empires : methodological approaches / Volker Barth and Roland Cvetkovski -- European imperialism : a zone of co-operation rather than competition? / John M. MacKenzie -- II. Connecting colonialisms -- New forms of knowledge exchange between imperial powers : the development of the Institut Colonial International (ICI) since the end of the nineteenth century / Ulrike Lindner -- Private colonialism and international cooperation in Europe, 1870-1914 / Florian Wagner -- III. Law transfers -- Riparian rights in Lower Canada and Canada East : inter-imperial legal influences / David Schorr -- Creating a colonial Shari'a for Russian Turkestan : Count Pahlen, the Hidaya and Anglo-Muhammadan law / Alexander Morrison -- IV. Adaptation and counterbalance -- Same race, same fate? : theories of Asian commonality and the shift of regional hegemony in East Asia after the first Sino-Japanese War, 1894/95 / Torsten Weber -- The origins of trans-imperial policing : British-French government cooperation in the surveillance of anti-colonialists in Europe, 1905-1925 / Daniel Brückenhaus -- V. Military and violence -- Co-operation between German and French troops during the Boxer War in China, 1900/1901 : the Punitive Expedition to Baoding / Susanne Kuss -- Deadly learning? : concentration camps in colonial wars around 1900 / Jonas Kreienbaum.