Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Empire
A Very Short Introduction
By Stephen Howe
What are empires? Are they strictly European in nature? What are the greatest empires in history? What happens when empires “colonized” foreign lands? What is the effect of those colonizing and being colonized?
In a very succinct introduction, Stephen Howe briefly explains the nature of empires and how they are simply not a matter of domination and being dominated. He explains the variable motives, complex effects of empires on the colonized and those being colonized and how it changes the world we know today.
A Very Short Introduction
By Stephen Howe
What are empires? Are they strictly European in nature? What are the greatest empires in history? What happens when empires “colonized” foreign lands? What is the effect of those colonizing and being colonized?
In a very succinct introduction, Stephen Howe briefly explains the nature of empires and how they are simply not a matter of domination and being dominated. He explains the variable motives, complex effects of empires on the colonized and those being colonized and how it changes the world we know today.
