9780521188289-0521188288-The Burdens of Empire

The Burdens of Empire

ISBN-13: 9780521188289
ISBN-10: 0521188288
Author: Anthony Pagden
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 304 pages
Category: World History
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ISBN-13: 9780521188289
ISBN-10: 0521188288
Author: Anthony Pagden
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 304 pages
Category: World History

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The Burdens of Empire (ISBN-13: 9780521188289 and ISBN-10: 0521188288), written by authors Anthony Pagden, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other World History books. You can easily purchase or rent The Burdens of Empire (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used World History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Throughout human history, empires have been far more constant and widespread, and the source of far more anguished political speculation, than nation states have ever been. But despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not only a definition but also a working description. This book examines how empires were conceived by those who ruled them and lived under them; it looks at the relations, real or imagined, between the imperial metropolis (when one existed) and its outlying provinces or colonies; and it asks how the laws that governed the various parts and various ethnic groups, of which all empires were made, were conceived and interpreted. Anthony Pagden argues that the evolution of the modern concept of the relationship between states, and in particular the modern conception of international law, cannot be understood apart from the long history of European empire building.

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