Tensions of Empire : Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World /

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Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, the contributors to this text investigate metropolitan-colonial relationships from a new perspective. The fifteen essays in this book demonstrate vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stoler, Ann Laura (Editor), Cooper, Frederick, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Europe > 20e siecle.
Colonies.
Imperialisme > 20e siecle.
Imperialisme > 19e siecle.
Histoire universelle > 20e siecle.
Histoire universelle > 19e siecle.
Sociale aspecten.
Burgerij.
Koloniale periode.
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Imperialism.
History, Modern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > World.
colonies.
Imperialisme > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Imperialisme > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Histoire > 20e siecle.
Histoire > 19e siecle.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
History, Modern > 20th century.
History, Modern > 19th century.
Europa.
Europe > 1789-1900.
Europa
Asien
Europe.
Europe > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Europe > Histoire > 1789-1900.
Europe > History > 20th century.
Europe > History > 1789-1900.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, the contributors to this text investigate metropolitan-colonial relationships from a new perspective. The fifteen essays in this book demonstrate various ways in which 'civilizing missions' in both metropolis and colony provided new sites for clarifying a bourgeois order.
Physical Description:1 online resource (463 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780520918085

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