Empires in world history : power and the politics of difference - Burbank, Jane.; Cooper, Frederick, 1947- (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010)
Imperial trajectories -- Imperial rule in Rome and China -- After Ro me : empire, Christianity, and Islam -- Eurasian connections : the Mong ol empires -- Beyond the Mediterranean : Ottoman and Spanish empires -- Oceanic economies and colonial societies : Europe, Asia, and the Ameri cas -- Beyond the steppe : empire-building in Russia and China -- Empir e, nation, and citizenship in a revolutionary age -- Empires across con tinents : the United States and Russia -- Imperial repertoires and myth s of modern colonialism -- Sovereignty and empire : nineteenth-century Europe and its near abroad -- War and revolution in a world of empires, 1914 to 1945 -- End of empire? -- Empires, states, and political imagi nation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-479) and index.
Keywords: World history. -- History. -- History; World politics. -- History. -- History; Imperialism -- History. -- History; Colonization -- History. -- History; Colonies -- Political aspects -- History; Power (Social sciences) -- History. -- History; Difference (Philosophy) -- History. -- History