Patterns of empire
Subtitle: the British and American empires, 1688 to the present
By: Julian Go
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781107011830; 9781107600782
Subjects: HISTORY / Renaissance; History; Imperialism; Foreign relations; Territorial expansion
Description: "Patterns of empire comprehensively examines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. Challenging the popular theory that the American empire is unique, Patterns of empire shows how the policies, practices, forms, and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present climate of economic decline, treacherous intervention in the Middle East, and overextended imperial confidence. A critical exercise in revisionist history and comparative social science, this book also offers a challenging theory of empire that recognizes the agency of non-Western peoples, the impact of global fields, and the limits of power"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.