Informal Empire and the Rise of One World Culture

Informationen zum Autor Gregory A. Barton is a Senior Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He is an historian of British, world and environmental history and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Britain and the World. Klappentext Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power. Zusammenfassung Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?

List of contents

1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?

Product details

• Authors: G Barton, G. Barton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349312719
• ISBN: 978-1-349-31271-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, Cultural History, History, Sociology, Social History, Social & cultural history, world history, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Sociology, general, imperialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Imperialism and Colonialism