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Sinews of Empire

Author : Eivind Seland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1785705997
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of Empire written by Eivind Seland and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent surge of interest in network approaches to the study of the ancient world has enabled scholars of the Roman Empire to move beyond traditional narratives of domination, resistance, integration and fragmentation. This relational turn has not only offers tools to identify, map, visualize and, in some cases, even quantify interaction based on a variety of ancient source material, but also provides a terminology to deal with the everyday ties of power, trade, and ideology that operated within, below, and beyond the superstructure of imperial rule. Thirteen contributions employ a range of quantitative, qualitative and descriptive network approaches in order to provide new perspectives on trade, communication, administration, technology, religion and municipal life in the Roman Near East and adjacent regions.

Sinews of Empire

Author : Roger Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of Empire written by Roger Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sinews of Empire

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of Empire written by and published by . This book was released on 1970* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sinews of War and Trade

Author : Laleh Khalili
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634813
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of War and Trade written by Laleh Khalili and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How shipping is central to the very fabric of global capitalism In our networked world, the realities governing the international movement of freight are easily forgotten. But maritime transport remains the bedrock of trade. Convoys perpetually crisscross the oceans, carrying gas, oil, ore – indeed, every type of consumable and commodity. These movements, though practically invisible, mean that control of the seas is vital in an age when no nation can survive on domestic products alone. Professor and author Laleh Khalili travelled the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean aboard gigantic container ships to investigate the secretive and sometimes dangerous world of maritime trade. What she discovered was strangely disturbing: brutally exploited seafarers enduring loneliness and risking injury to keep the cogs of trade turning. In the Arabian peninsula’s ports, forbidden places encircled by barbed wire and moats of highways, the dockers struggle for benefits and political rights, as they have for generations. Environmental catastrophes threaten with increasing intensity and frequency. Around the oil-trading nations of the Middle East, a history of British colonialism, modern US imperialism, and local autocracies combine to worsen the conditions of modern seafarers, and piracy persists near the Horn of Africa. From her research riding the sea lanes and visiting the major Middle Eastern ports, Khalili has produced a book that exposes the frayed and tense sinews of modern capital, a physical network without which none of our more abstracted webs and systems could operate.

Sinews of Empire

Author : Michael Craton
Publisher : ACLS History E-Book Project
ISBN 13 : 9781597409797
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of Empire written by Michael Craton and published by ACLS History E-Book Project. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of British slavery that covers its origins, organization, and the attitudes of stakeholders.

The Sinews of Power

Author : John Brewer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113499852X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Sinews of Power written by John Brewer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Lever of Empire

Author : Mark Metzler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520931793
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Lever of Empire written by Mark Metzler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-03-13 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first full account of Japan’s financial history and the Japanese gold standard in the pivotal years before World War II, provides a new perspective on the global political dynamics of the era by placing Japan, rather than Europe, at the center of the story. Focusing on the fall of liberalism in Japan in late 1931 and the global politics of money that were at the center of the crisis, Mark Metzler asks why successive Japanese governments from 1920 to 1931 carried out policies that deliberately induced deflation and depression. His search for answers stretches from Edo to London to the ragged borderlands of the Japanese empire and from the eighteenth century to the 1950s, integrating political and monetary analysis to shed light on the complex dynamics of money, empire, and global hegemony. His detailed and broad ranging account illuminates a range of issues including Japan’s involvement in the economic dynamics that shook interwar Europe, the character of U.S. isolationism, and the rise of fascism as an international phenomenon.

An Empire Transformed

Author : Kate Luce Mulry
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479895261
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book An Empire Transformed written by Kate Luce Mulry and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the efforts to bring political order to the English empire through projects of environmental improvement When Charles II ascended the English throne in 1660 after two decades of civil war, he was confronted with domestic disarray and a sprawling empire in chaos. His government sought to assert control and affirm the King’s sovereignty by touting his stewardship of both England’s land and the improvement of his subjects’ health. By initiating ambitious projects of environmental engineering, including fen and marshland drainage, forest rehabilitation, urban reconstruction, and garden transplantation schemes, agents of the English Restoration government aimed to transform both places and people in service of establishing order. Merchants, colonial officials, and members of the Royal Society encouraged royal intervention in places deemed unhealthy, unproductive, or poorly managed. Their multiple schemes reflected an enduring belief in the complex relationships between the health of individual bodies, personal and communal character, and the landscapes they inhabited. In this deeply researched work, Kate Mulry highlights a period of innovation during which officials reassessed the purpose of colonies, weighed their benefits and drawbacks, and engineered and instituted a range of activities in relation to subjects’ bodies and material environments. These wide-ranging actions offer insights about how restoration officials envisioned authority within a changing English empire. An Empire Transformed is an interdisciplinary work addressing a series of interlocking issues concerning ideas about the environment, governance, and public health in the early modern English Atlantic empire.

An Imperial State at War

Author : Lawrence Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134546025
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book An Imperial State at War written by Lawrence Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire.

The Sinews of Habsburg Power

Author : William D. Godsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198809395
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Sinews of Habsburg Power written by William D. Godsey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sinews of Habsburg Power traces the development of the central European Habsburg monarchy into one of early modern Europe's leading powers. In particular, it looks to the domestic foundations of that power, which were upheld by the growth of a permanent standing army.

Union and Empire

Author : Allan I. Macinnes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521850797
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Union and Empire written by Allan I. Macinnes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major interpretation of the 1707 Act of Union and the making of the United Kingdom.

Empire of Wealth

Author : John Steele Gordon
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060505125
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Wealth written by John Steele Gordon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Building the Atlantic Empires: Unfree Labor and Imperial States in the Political Economy of Capitalism, ca. 1500-1914

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004285202
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Building the Atlantic Empires: Unfree Labor and Imperial States in the Political Economy of Capitalism, ca. 1500-1914 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the relationship between state recruitment of unfree labor, capitalism’s expansion, and imperial development, Building the Atlantic Empires raises new questions about how the history of servitude and slavery transformed the Atlantic world and beyond.

Rise of an Empire

Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118454782
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Rise of an Empire written by Stephen Dando-Collins and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the events in 300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to Zack Snyder's 300 The action-filled movie 300 focused on Ancient Greece's epic battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas led 300 Spartans into battle against Xerxes and his million-strong Persian forces. In the sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, the action moves to the sea, covering ten years starting with the Battle of Marathon and ending with naval engagement the Battle of Artemisium, which occurred the same day as Thermopylae. Rise of an Empire tells the story of the real men and events depicted in the movie, focusing on the Athenian general Themistocles, one of the world's greatest warriors. He became warlord of Greece, built their navy and, by uniting Greece to defeat Xerxes' fleet, enabled what we call western civilization. Packed with vivid detail, clashes of arms and ships, blood and glory, Rise of an Empire tells a story even bigger than the big screen could contain. Both an essential read for fans of the 300 movies and the Frank Miller graphic novels they're based on An insightful exploration of the leaders who feature in the film, their backgrounds, motivations, command decisions, struggles, victories and defeats, from the Battle of Marathon through the Battles of Artemisium and Salamis: Xerxes, the Persian king determined to succeed where his father failed, and Themistocles, overcoming monumental hurdles to turn Athens into Ancient Greece's greatest sea power and leading city-state of the age A gripping narrative of the real-life naval battles of the first and second Persian invasions of Greece, with fascinating detail about the ships, the warriors and the tactics

Sinews of History

Author : Richard Greye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Sinews of History written by Richard Greye and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One story that isn't often told in the social studies curriculum is that history is replete with powerful women. Other than a passing reference to Joan of Arc and the intellectual wisdom of Elizabeth I during wartime, history tends to ignore its powerful women. Recent archeological digs have revealed that the mythological Amazons may have been calvaries of pant-wearing, spear-throwing Scythian warriors, and they were not alone. From Boudicca the Celtic royal who led a rebellion against the mighty Roman Empire in Britain to Zenobia who rebelled against the Romans on the other side of their domain, women were strong leaders. Nakano Takeko, Fu Hao, and the iconic Mulan led armies in the Far East while, in the New World, Aztec women were considered warriors for giving birth, and took up bows and arrows to fight in times of need. Sinews of History seeks to tell the stories of some of these women and to peer into social and alternative historical situations where strong, muscular women made smaller waves in history. These women, some mythical and others real, may not have had their stories told before and their incredibly muscular physiques and unreal strength accomplishments demand recognition. Whether it be a 1950s housewife, a secret agent, or an embattled warrior, these women had muscular physiques and weren't afraid to use their power.The stories contained within explore both real women and those who might have been. Their physical strength, power, and skill in combat describe a history largely forgotten or ignored by historians, but not by the authors within who celebrate the physical accomplishments and powerful appearance of the "fairer sex."

The Fate of Rome

Author : Kyle Harper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400888913
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Fate of Rome written by Kyle Harper and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nature’s triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. A poignant reflection on humanity’s intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history’s greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature’s violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit—in ways that are surprising and profound.

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997

Author : Piers Brendon
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307388417
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 written by Piers Brendon and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.