Format:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780230232341
Series Statement:
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Content:
〈p 〉Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Models of Global Transformation; 2 The Idea of Informal Empire; 3 The Palmerstonian Project; 4 Informal Empire and Africa; 5 Informal Empire and the Americas; 6 Informal Empire and Asia; 7 Informal Empire and the Middle East; 8 The United States and the Imperial Web; 9 Resistance and the Imperial Network; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137315922
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230232341
Additional Edition:
Print version Informal Empire and the Rise of One World Culture
Language:
English
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