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Imperial
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Author : William T. Vollmann
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-07-30
Imperial written by William T. Vollmann and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-30 with History categories.
From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border – a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For generations of migrant workers, Imperial Country has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. It sprawls across a stirring accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves and labor camps of Southeastern California, right across the border into Mexico. In this eye-opening book, William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, exploring polluted rivers and guarded factories and talking with everyone from Mexican migrant workers to border patrolmen. Teeming with patterns, facts, stories, people and hope, this is an epic study of an emblematic region.
Imperial Creatures
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Author : Timothy P. Barnard
language : en
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Release Date : 2019
Imperial Creatures written by Timothy P. Barnard and has been published by National University of Singapore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Human ecology categories.
One of the areas of fastest-growing interest in the humanities and social sciences in recent years has been the history of animals. Imperial Creatures fills a gap in that field by looking across species at animals in a urban colonial setting. If imperialism is a series of power relationships, Timothy P. Barnard argues, then it necessarily involves not only the subjugation of human communities, but also of animals. What was the relationship between those two processes in colonial Singapore? How did interactions with animals enable changes in interactions between people? Through a multidisciplinary consideration of fauna, Imperial Creatures weaves together a series of tales to document how animals were cherished, monitored, employed, and slaughtered in a colonial society. All animals, including humans, Barnard shows, have been creatures of imperialism in Singapore. Their stories teach us lessons about the structures that upheld such a society and how it developed over time, lessons of relevance to animal historians, to historians of Singapore, and to urban historians and imperial historians with an interest in environmental themes.
Imperial Cities
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Author : Felix Driver
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-17
Imperial Cities written by Felix Driver and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-17 with Architecture categories.
The fifteen essays in this book explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. The first part on "imperial landscapes" is devoted to large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. In the second part, the focus is on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. The final part considers the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism.
Imperial Federation The Problem Of National Unity
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Author : George Robert Parkin
language : en
Publisher: London ; New York : Macmillan
Release Date : 1892
Imperial Federation The Problem Of National Unity written by George Robert Parkin and has been published by London ; New York : Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Great Britain categories.
Imperial Russian Foreign Policy
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Author : Hugh Ragsdale
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-10-29
Imperial Russian Foreign Policy written by Hugh Ragsdale and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-29 with History categories.
Imperial Russian Foreign Policy aims to demythologise a field hitherto dominated by suspicions of diabolical cunning, inscrutable motives, and international plots using unseen forces of the gigantic, fear-inspiring empire of the tsar. The contributors, leading historians from both Russia and the West, examine Imperial foreign policy from its origins to the October Revolution, revealing a policy that, as in other countries, had a complex of motives - commerce, nationalism, the interests of various social groups - but an unusual origin, coming almost exclusively from the entourage of the tsar. The work is based largely on original research in Soviet archives, which only became possible after Soviet glasnost.
The Fall Of Imperial China
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Author : Frederic E. Wakeman
language : en
Publisher: New York : Free Press
Release Date : 1975
The Fall Of Imperial China written by Frederic E. Wakeman and has been published by New York : Free Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with History categories.
The Great Imperial Hangover
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Author : Samir Puri
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2020-07-09
The Great Imperial Hangover written by Samir Puri and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with History categories.
'An exceptional account.' Prospect 'Enlightening.' Spectator For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's forays into Africa; from Modi's India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Puri provides a bold new framework for understanding the world's complex rivalries and politics. Organised by region, and covering vital topics such as security, foreign policy, national politics and commerce, The Great Imperial Hangover combines gripping history and astute analysis to explain why the history of empire affects us all in profound ways.
Imperial Gateway
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Author : Seiji Shirane
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-15
Imperial Gateway written by Seiji Shirane and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-15 with Social Science categories.
In Imperial Gateway, Seiji Shirane explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan's empire from 1895 to the end of World War II. Challenging understandings of empire that focus on bilateral relations between metropole and colonial periphery, Shirane uncovers a half century of dynamic relations between Japan, Taiwan, China, and Western regional powers. Japanese officials in Taiwan did not simply take orders from Tokyo; rather, they often pursued their own expansionist ambitions in South China and Southeast Asia. When outright conquest was not possible, they promoted alternative strategies, including naturalizing resident Chinese as overseas Taiwanese subjects, extending colonial police networks, and deploying tens of thousands of Taiwanese to war. The Taiwanese—merchants, gangsters, policemen, interpreters, nurses, and soldiers—seized new opportunities for socioeconomic advancement that did not always align with Japan's imperial interests. Drawing on multilingual archives in six countries, Imperial Gateway shows how Japanese officials and Taiwanese subjects transformed Taiwan into a regional gateway for expansion in an ever-shifting international order. Thanks to generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program and its participation in TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
Imperial Twilight
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Author : Stephen R. Platt
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Imperial Twilight written by Stephen R. Platt and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with History categories.
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
Imperial Federation Of Great Britain And Her Colonies
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Author : Frederick Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Imperial Federation Of Great Britain And Her Colonies written by Frederick Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Great Britain categories.