Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 264 pages)
,
illustrations, map
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0520258053
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0520249461
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0520933338
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1429471808
,
9780520258051
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9780520249462
,
9780520933330
,
9781429471800
Series Statement:
The California world history library 4
Content:
An innovative remapping of empire, Imperial Connections offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a newly globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. Thomas R. Metcalf argues that India itself became a nexus of imperial power that made possible British conquest, control, and governance across a wide arc of territory stretching from Africa to eastern Asia. His book, offering a new perspective on how imperialism operates, emphasizes transcolonial interactions and webs of influence that advanced the
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934- Imperial connections Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007
Language:
English
URL:
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