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What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today's increasingly interconnected world The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on empires has focused



Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi 1 The Idea of Empire 1 2 The Roman Empire: Parent of Empire 37 3 The Ottoman Empire 74 4 The Habsburg Empire 145 5 The Russian and Soviet Empires 213 6 The British Empire 310 7 The French Empire: "Imperial Nation-State" 387 8 Epilogue: Nations after Empires 465 Notes 477 Bibliography 507 Index 553

About the Author :
Krishan Kumar is University Professor and William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. His books include The Idea of Englishness: English Culture, National Identity, and Social Thought; From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World; and 1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals.

Review :
"Co-Winner of the 2018 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" "Winner of the 2018 Ab Imperio Award, KRES Poliskola" "Kumar . . . argues persuasively that studying historical empires, with their diverse subject populations, far-flung networks, and complex political hierarchies, can provide insight into our globalized present. . . . A judiciously argued and useful survey for any student of empire." "In this excellent book, Kumar compares the histories of the Ottoman, Russian/Soviet, Habsburg, British, and French empires." "[An] eloquent, even-handed, engaging and tremendously well-informed account of empires."---Jennifer Pitts, Times Literary Supplement "An excellent and thought-provoking work that is based on great erudition and is cast in a very readable style."---Kees Boterbloem, Russian Review "[T]his book is an important contribution to the new trend in the history of empires, and should become part of the reading list in many advanced courses inmodern history."---Alexey Miller, Slavic Review "Anyone researching how monarchs, proconsuls, administrative and social elites, artists, and intellectuals legitimized these empires (at least among themselves) and contemporary legacies for these state-bearing peoples could do no better than start with this book."---Luke Gibbon, H-Net Reviews "Readers will enjoy five portraits of empire, painted from a wealth of well-chosen literature."---Carolien Stolte, Comparativ "This book not only combines but intertwines immense scholarly knowledge with intensely pertinent observations about the human condition, past and present."---Tim Cloudsley, European Legacy


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691153636
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 600
  • Weight: 1106 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0691153639
  • Publisher Date: 02 May 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World
  • Width: 152 mm


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