Patterns of Empire
The British and American Empires, 1688 to the Present
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:30th Sep '11
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Shows how the policies, practices, forms and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British empire.
Examines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. The book shows how the policies, practices, forms and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present economic and political climate.Patterns of Empire comprehensively examines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. Challenging the popular theory that the American empire is unique, Patterns of Empire shows how the policies, practices, forms and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present climate of economic decline, treacherous intervention in the Middle East and overextended imperial confidence. A critical exercise in revisionist history and comparative social science, this book also offers a challenging theory of empire that recognizes the agency of non-Western peoples, the impact of global fields and the limits of imperial power.
'Rigorously thought out, lucidly written, and empirically insightful, Julian Go's work dispatches arguments that the United States has not been an empire and sets out convincingly the changing nature of that empire. Far from being just a demonstration of what ought to have been obvious before now – the role of empire in American history – Go advances our understanding of the trajectory of empire and informs contemporary debates about the future of the United States and its global hegemony. This is a stunning application of transnational and comparative methods of analysis.' Ian Tyrrell, Scientia Professor of History, University of New South Wales
'Julian Go's book is, simply, in a different league from almost all previous work in the field. Combining close historical analysis with conceptual rigor, joining the skills and strengths of the historian with those of the social scientist, this is a project of striking originality.' Stephen Howe, University of Bristol
- Winner of Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations, International Studies Association 2014
ISBN: 9781107600782
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
Weight: 470g
304 pages