The Rule of Empires Fal

Zusatztext Parsons aims, laudably, to correct the imbalances... apologists of empire have introduced in readers' minds. Informationen zum Autor Timothy Parsons is a Professor of African History at Washington University. He is the author many books, including The British Imperial Century, 1815-1914: A World History Perspective, and The 1964 Army Mutinies and the Making of Modern East Africa. Klappentext Why do empires rise and why do they fall? To answer this question, Timothy Parsons casts his gaze across seven historical moments - from ancient Rome to Muslim Spain, from Britain's "new" imperialism in Kenya, to the Third Reich. From these very different examples, he draws out common features about empires' evolutions, their self-justifying myths, and the reasons for their inevitable decline. Zusammenfassung Why do empires rise and why do they fall? To answer this question, Timothy Parsons casts his gaze across seven historical moments - from ancient Rome to Muslim Spain, from Britain's "new" imperialism in Kenya, to the Third Reich. From these very different examples, he draws out common features about empires' evolutions, their self-justifying myths, and the reasons for their inevitable decline.

Product details

• Authors: Parsons, Timothy Parsons, Timothy H. Parsons, Parsons Timothy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 15.07.2010
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780195304312
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530431-2
• Pages: 496
• Dimensions (packing): 16.8 x 24.3 x 3.9 cm
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Political structure & processes, Colonialism and imperialism, Political structure and processes