Rational Empires - Institutional Incentives and Imperial Expansion

Zusammenfassung The nineteenth century marked the high point of imperialism, when tsarist Russia expanded to the Pacific and the sun was said never to set on the British Empire. The author explains imperialism through an analysis of the institutions of both the expanding state and its targets of conquest.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Leo J. Blanken, BLANKEN LEO J, Blanken Leo J.
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 09.04.2012
• EAN: 9780226056739
• ISBN: 978-0-226-05673-9
• Seiten: 218
• Serie: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Kulturgeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism