Inhoud

Non-fictie

Onderwerpen

Inleidingen - Hand- en leerboeken | Geschiedenis | Internationale politiek | Verenigde Staten

Taal

Engels

Serie

America in the world

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Uitgever

Princeton University Press, Princeton

Verschenen

2018

ISBN

9780691177052

Kenmerken

980 pagina's

Aantekening

Met literatuuropgave en register

Prologue. Lessons of liberation : Iraq, 1915-1921 -- Three crises and an outcome -- Part I. Decolonization and dependence, 1756-1865. The advance and retreat of the military-fiscal state -- From revolution to constitution -- The struggle for independence -- Wars of incorporation -- Part II. Modernity and imperialism, 1865-1914. Uneven development and imperial expansion -- Achieving effective independence -- Acquiring an unexceptional empire -- Insular perspectives on an intrusive world -- Intermission : Tarzan's mirror to modernity -- Part III. Empires and international disorder, 1914-1959. The modern imperial system : from conquest to collapse -- Ruling the forgotten empire -- Caribbean carnival -- Paradise in the Pacific -- "The twilight of confused colonialism" -- Part IV. The outcome : postcolonial globalization. Dominance and decline in the postcolonial age -- Epilogue. Lessons of liberation : Iraq, 2003-2011