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Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper (review)

Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank and Frederick... field of world history forward in using the vehicle of graphic novel by authenticating the non-generalist vision of his historical work and giving thorough scholarly credence to the format. maryanne a. rhett Monmouth University Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference. By jane burbank and frederick cooper. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2010. 528 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Empires matter. Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper remind us that empire--as a form of state--enjoyed a much longer life than has the nation-state of the present. Competition between empires to capture, mobilize, and control resources profoundly shaped the course of human history at local, regional, and global scales for millennia. One of the most persistent questions faced by imperial rulers was how to govern and exploit diverse and widely scattered populations. In Empires in World History Burbank and Cooper examine how some dozen of the most influential empires did precisely that. Their approach challenges a number of recent interpretations not only of particular empires but also of the relationship between empire-states and nation-states. Burbank and Cooper argue that the acquisition and maintenance of imperial power always required local-level intermediaries--individuals of influence drawn from a conquered society http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper (review)

Cagle, Hugh Glenn.
Journal of World History , Volume 23 (4) – May 24, 2012
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field of world history forward in using the vehicle of graphic novel by authenticating the non-generalist vision of his historical work and giving thorough scholarly credence to the format. maryanne a. rhett Monmouth University Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference. By jane burbank and frederick cooper. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2010. 528 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). Empires matter. Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper remind us that empire--as a form of state--enjoyed a much longer life than has the nation-state of the present. Competition between empires to capture, mobilize, and control resources profoundly shaped the course of human history at local, regional, and global scales for millennia. One of the most persistent questions faced by imperial rulers was how to govern and exploit diverse and widely scattered populations. In Empires in World History Burbank and Cooper examine how some dozen of the most influential empires did precisely that. Their approach challenges a number of recent interpretations not only of particular empires but also of the relationship between empire-states and nation-states. Burbank and Cooper argue that the acquisition and maintenance of imperial power always required local-level intermediaries--individuals of influence drawn from a conquered society

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Published: May 24, 2012

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