An Imperial World: Empires and Colonies Since 1750 (Connections: Key Themes in World History) - Softcover

Northrop, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131916580 ISBN 13: 9780131916586

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

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About the Author:

Douglas Northrop is an associate professor in the departments of history and Near Eastern studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2004), which won both the W. Bruce Lincoln Prize and Heldt Prize. Northrop has also published articles in Slavic Review and Russian Review, to name a few. Northrop specializes in the modern history of Central Asia, but also focuses his writing and teaching on world history, environmental history, and the cultural aspects of modern colonialism.

Synopsis:

An Imperial World: Empires and Colonies Since 1750 offers a broad overview of global imperialism during the last three centuries. Using a combination of historical narrative, primary documents, and synthetic analysis, it examines the historical development of colonial systems and shows their enormous role in shaping the modern world order.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0131916580
• ISBN 13: 9780131916586
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240