Format:
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)
ISBN:
9780511979200
,
9780521188289
,
9780521198271
Content:
Despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not only a definition but also a working description. 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. Anthony Pagden argues that the evolution of the modern concept of the relationship between states, and in particular the modern conception of international law, cannot be understood apart from the long history of European empire building
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521198271
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521198271
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511979200
URL:
Volltext
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