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Empire to Nation
. Ed(S): Esherick, Joseph W.; Kayali, Hasan; Van Young, Eric
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Description for Empire to Nation
Paperback. Discusses the empire-to-nation transition in comparative perspective, with chapters on Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China. This work illustrates the common features and the diversity of the transition, concentrating on the empire-to-nation transition. Editor(s): Esherick, Joseph W.; Kayali, Hasan; Van Young, Eric. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
The fall of empires and the rise of nation-states was a defining political transition in the making of the modern world. As United States imperialism becomes a popular focus of debate, we must understand how empire, the nineteenth century's dominant form of large-scale political organization, had disappeared by the end of the twentieth century. Here, ten prominent specialists discuss the empire-to-nation transition in comparative perspective. Chapters on Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China illustrate both the common features and the diversity of the transition. Questioning the sharpness of the break implied by the empire/nation binary, the ... Read more
The fall of empires and the rise of nation-states was a defining political transition in the making of the modern world. As United States imperialism becomes a popular focus of debate, we must understand how empire, the nineteenth century's dominant form of large-scale political organization, had disappeared by the end of the twentieth century. Here, ten prominent specialists discuss the empire-to-nation transition in comparative perspective. Chapters on Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China illustrate both the common features and the diversity of the transition. Questioning the sharpness of the break implied by the empire/nation binary, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
World Social Change
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742540316
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V9780742540316
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About . Ed(S): Esherick, Joseph W.; Kayali, Hasan; Van Young, Eric
Joseph W. Esherick is professor of history and Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Hasan Kayali is associate professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. Eric Van Young is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for Empire to Nation
As this excellent collection shows, imperial collapses in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe (including the dissolution of the Soviet Union), Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia have often left conflict-ridden legacies. Anyone interested in the forces that have shaped much of the modern world, and in many of today's major foreign policy issues, should read this ... Read more