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Zusatztext "[Dr. Kiernan's] remarks on the general nature of imperialism accordingly must command considerable authority . . . makes a strong case that studies of imperialism are still much in order and are not rendered obsolete by the end of the cold war . . . Imperialism will convince you that imperial attitudes are still alive." -- Digest of Middle East Studies "These essays bring new insights into familiar storiesl." -- The International Journal of African Historical Studies Informationen zum Autor V.G. Kiernan is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh and the author of many books including The Lords of Human Kind, Marxism and Imperialism, European Empires from Conquest to Collapse and America: The New Imperialism. Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development and Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of The Education of Desire and co-editor of The American Radical . Klappentext V.G. Kiernan is recognised as one of the most remarkable historians of the 20th. Sensitive to the tragic and ironic character of human history, he addresses the origins, consequences and legacies of modern imperialism and colonialism. Zusammenfassung V.G. Kiernan is recognised as one of the most remarkable historians of the 20th. Sensitive to the tragic and ironic character of human history, he addresses the origins, consequences and legacies of modern imperialism and colonialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Imperialism and Its Legacies; Modern Capitalism and Its Shepherds; Development, Imperialism and Some Misconceptions; Colonial Africa and Its Armies; Europe and the World: The Imperial Record; Imperialism and Revolution.
