Everyday life in the far outposts of empire can be static, empty of the excitement of progress. A pervading sense of banality and boredom are, therefore, common elements of the daily experience for pe
An international team of literary specialists explore Athenaeus’ work as a whole and in its own right. Almost all classicists and ancient historians make use of Athenaeus; Athenaeus and his World is t
Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and AccountingOriginally published in 1973, this book describes the medieval origins of the British education system, and the transformations succe
A long-time critic of US foreign policy, Blum collects 26 examples of his writings from his Internet publication, The Anti-Empire Report; print magazines; and other sources. The essays take on Georg
Napoleon was a breaker of worlds. He made and remade most of the European continent almost at will, for well over a decade. Much of our world was forged as a consequence of his actions. Ever since we
For over a century, the idea of primitivism has motivated artistic modernism. Focusing on the three decades after World War II, known in France as “les trentes glorieuses” despite the loss of most of
Glass production is thought to date to ~2500 BC and had found numerous uses by the height of the Roman Empire. Yet the modern view of glass-based chemical apparatus (beakers, flasks, stills, etc.) was
From Stonehenge and the Empire State Building to Angkor Wat and the Pyramids, this book surveys every continent to discover the most impressive, exotic, and intriguing manmade wonders of the world?Arr
Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of the American empire at home and abro
This second edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics
Immanuel Wallerstein, along with many of his fellow world system theorist colleagues, believes that the current "European modern/colonial capitalist/patriarchal world system" has arrived at a final mo
This book reads representations of Western music in literary texts to reveal the ways in which artifacts of imperial culture function within contemporary world literature. Bushnell argues that Western
The Iraq War defined the first decade of the twenty-first century – leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force. Yet most explanations
The Iraq War defined the first decade of the twenty-first century – leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force. Yet most explanations
A few days after British historian of Rome Millar was knighted, and a few days before he turned 75, a seminar was held in Lille, France on his contributions to the history of Rome and her Empire. Nine
In close readings of Robinson Crusoe, Othello, and Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, Kugler (British 18th-century literature, Colby College) shows that the notion of England as a world power was far from a given
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles, and teas. But it also conquered mu
In the early 12th century, the Late Bronze Age Hittite empire collapsed during a series of upheavals which swept the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. In the subsequent Iron Age, numerous cities and stat
