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Empires in World History

Author : Niv Horesh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811615403
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Empires in World History written by Niv Horesh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on Empires, from an economic historical perspective. In doing so, it relates current debates in international relations (IR) and politics to the vexed legacy of empires in the past. The book includes analyses of the comparative scholarly literature on Empire in Antiquity, and Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, asking the question if the United Sates is an Empire, and if China an emerging Empire. It contributes to the field given its interdisciplinarity, bringing together both historical and IR insights into world systems in times past. In addition it draws out four key points of separateness between pre-modern and modern empires, and emphases specific economic data. Further to that, the book advances the notion of the emergence of “empires from within” in the 21st century, that is nation-states becoming more multi-ethnic while often stepping back from globalization. And finally it offers future scenarios for the evolution of empires in a Schumpeterian post-industrial world.

Empires in World History

Author : Niv Horesh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811615412
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Empires in World History written by Niv Horesh and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on Empires, from an economic historical perspective. In doing so, it relates current debates in international relations (IR) and politics to the vexed legacy of empires in the past. The book includes analyses of the comparative scholarly literature on Empire in Antiquity, and Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, asking the question if the United Sates is an Empire, and if China is an emerging Empire. It contributes to the field given its interdisciplinarity, bringing together both historical and IR insights into world systems in times past. In addition, it draws out four key points of separateness between pre-modern and modern empires, and emphases specific economic data. Further to that, the book advances the notion of the emergence of "empires from within" in the 21st century, that is nation-states becoming more multi-ethnic while often stepping back from globalization. And finally it offers future scenarios for the evolution of empires in a Schumpeterian post-industrial world. Niv Horesh is a China specialist with over 20 years of experience ranging across the private sector, public service and academe. Over the course of his academic career, Niv has held teaching and research positions at Hebrew University, China Agricultural University, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Nottingham (UK). Niv's research incorporates four main strands in the following order: Chinese History, World Monetary History, PRC Political Economy, and PRC Foreign Policy with emphasis on the Middle East.

Empire of Chance

Author : Anders Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067496764X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Chance written by Anders Engberg-Pedersen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative—a prism for understanding the modern world.

The Contingency

Author : G. J. Ogden
Publisher : Contingency War
ISBN 13 : 9781916042636
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Contingency written by G. J. Ogden and published by Contingency War. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No-one comes in peace. Every being in the galaxy wants something, and is willing to take it by force. The Hedalt were no different. They came from the distant reaches of the galaxy to wage war. Their fleet wanted to take Earth for its prize, but we were ready. We were stronger. For years, we fought them, ship-to-ship, until we scattered their forces and drove them back. Pursuing the Hedalt fleet to their home world, we delivered the decisive blow. We nuked their planet and wiped them out for good. Or so we thought. For decades, Earth Fleet sent out Deep Space Recon missions to scour the galaxy and clean up the remnants of the Hedalt Empire. Eventually, we found only ghosts - empty outposts and long-dead colonies. But, close to the edge of known space, I - Captain Taylor Ray - and my crew are about to make a discovery that will change everything. The war isn't over. The war has yet to begin.

Empire of Contingency

Author : Jorge Flores
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781512826449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Contingency written by Jorge Flores and published by . This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empire, Race and Global Justice

Author : Duncan Bell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108427790
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Empire, Race and Global Justice written by Duncan Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume to explore the role of race and empire in political theory debates over global justice.

Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa

Author : Andrew W.M. Smith
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911307746
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa by : Andrew W.M. Smith

Download or read book Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa written by Andrew W.M. Smith and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of ‘late colonial shift’ after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explore the crucial historical moments in which change was negotiated, compromises were made, and debates were staged. Three core themes guide the analysis: development, contingency and entanglement. The chapters consider the ways in which decolonization was governed and moderated by concerns about development and profit. A complementary focus on contingency allows deeper consideration of how colonial powers planned for ‘colonial futures’, and how divergent voices greeted the end of empire. Thinking about entanglements likewise stresses both the connections that existed between the British and French empires in Africa, and those that endured beyond the formal transfer of power.

Contingency, Time, and Possibility

Author : Pascal Massie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739149296
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Contingency, Time, and Possibility written by Pascal Massie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we are to distinguish mere non-being from that which is not, yet may be, from that which was not, yet could have been, or from that which will not be, yet could become, we are committed in some way to grant being to possibilities. The possible is not actual; yet it is not nothing. What then could it be? What ontological status could it possess? In Contingency, Time, and Possibility: An Essay on Aristotle and Duns Scotus, Pascal Massie opens these questions by combining two approaches: First, an original inquiry that analyses the notions of chance, fate, event, contradiction, and so forth, and suggests that the distinction between potency and act arises from a confrontation with the impossible. Second, a historical inquiry that focuses on Aristotle and Duns Scotus, two key figures contributing to a fundamental transformation in the history of Western ontology; namely, the transition from a metaphysics of nature (Aristotle) to a metaphysics of the will (Scotus). In doing so, this book departs from the prevailing interpretation of the history of modal logic according to which Scotus rejected the principle of plenitude attributed to Aristotle and replaced the ancient diachronic theory of possibilities with a synchronic one, thereby contributing to a "possible world's semantics." Rather, Massie argues that in its proper ontological import, the question of possibility concerns the limit between being and non-being and that this limit must be thought in terms of temporality. With Scotus, however, a radical shift occurs. Possibilities are understood in terms of will, creation, omnipotence, and transcending freedom. As such, they belong to the realm of what is supremely actual (i.e., superabundant activity). What used to be understood as a lesser degree of being (the quasi non-being of uninformed matter and mere possibilities) becomes the mark of omnipotence.

Empires of Ideas

Author : William C. Kirby
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674737717
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Empires of Ideas written by William C. Kirby and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is the global leader in higher education, but this was not always the case and may not remain so. William Kirby examines sources of—and threats to—US higher education supremacy and charts the rise of Chinese competitors. Yet Chinese institutions also face problems, including a state that challenges the commitment to free inquiry.

Empire on Edge

Author : Rajeshwari Dutt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108493424
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Empire on Edge written by Rajeshwari Dutt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Lost Stars

Author : Claudia Gray
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1484725026
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Lost Stars written by Claudia Gray and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thrilling Young Adult novel gives readers a macro view of some of the most important events in the Star Wars universe, from the rise of the Rebellion to the fall of the Empire. Readers will experience these major moments through the eyes of two childhood friends--Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell--who have grown up to become an Imperial officer and a Rebel pilot. Now on opposite sides of the war, will these two star-crossed lovers reunite, or will duty tear them--and the galaxy--apart? Star Wars: Lost Stars also includes all-new post- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi content, as well as hints and clues about the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-read for all Star Wars fans.

Empire's Tracks

Author : Manu Karuka
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520296648
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Empire's Tracks written by Manu Karuka and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.

Value in Capitalist Society

Author : Paul Cobben
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004294309
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Value in Capitalist Society written by Paul Cobben and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marx’s analysis of the commodity results in his conception of Capital as substance in the form of alienation. While Hegel claims that substance can be understood as the realization of freedom, Marx shows this freedom to be alienated labor: abstract labor, which Marx identifies as the capitalist conception of value. The book clarifies why Marx’s so-called materialist criticism of Hegel can be conceived of as an immanent criticism of Hegel: Marx’s criticism explicates that the realization of freedom in the Philosophy of Right contradicts Hegel’s basic point of departure. The adequate realization of freedom not only leads to an alternative (non-alienated) conception of value, but also explains why this conception of value is fully compatible with the free market.

A History of the Later Roman Empire, from Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 565 A.D.)

Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Later Roman Empire, from Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 565 A.D.) written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plasticity Into Power

Author : Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781844675166
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Plasticity Into Power written by Roberto Mangabeira Unger and published by Verso. This book was released on 2004-11-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 of Politics, a work in constructive social theory.

Crucible of War

Author : Fred Anderson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307425398
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Crucible of War written by Fred Anderson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom of international rivalries. With the Seven Years' War, Great Britain decisively eliminated French power north of the Caribbean — and in the process destroyed an American diplomatic system in which Native Americans had long played a central, balancing role — permanently changing the political and cultural landscape of North America. Anderson skillfully reveals the clash of inherited perceptions the war created when it gave thousands of American colonists their first experience of real Englishmen and introduced them to the British cultural and class system. We see colonists who assumed that they were partners in the empire encountering British officers who regarded them as subordinates and who treated them accordingly. This laid the groundwork in shared experience for a common view of the world, of the empire, and of the men who had once been their masters. Thus, Anderson shows, the war taught George Washington and other provincials profound emotional lessons, as well as giving them practical instruction in how to be soldiers. Depicting the subsequent British efforts to reform the empire and American resistance — the riots of the Stamp Act crisis and the nearly simultaneous pan-Indian insurrection called Pontiac's Rebellion — as postwar developments rather than as an anticipation of the national independence that no one knew lay ahead (or even desired), Anderson re-creates the perspectives through which contemporaries saw events unfold while they tried to preserve imperial relationships. Interweaving stories of kings and imperial officers with those of Indians, traders, and the diverse colonial peoples, Anderson brings alive a chapter of our history that was shaped as much by individual choices and actions as by social, economic, and political forces.

The Lighthouse and the Observatory

Author : Daniel A. Stolz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107196337
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Lighthouse and the Observatory written by Daniel A. Stolz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.