Tributary empires in global history / edited by Peter Fibiger Bang, C. A. Bayly.
| Other author | Bang, Peter F. (Peter Fibiger) |
| Other author | Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description | xiii, 294 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. ^A492702 |
| Contents | Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Tributary Empires: Towards a Global and Comparative History; P.F.Bang&C.A.Bayly |
| Contents | PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF EMPIRE -- Religion, Liberalism and Empires: British Historians and their Indian Critics in the Nineteenth Century; C.A.Bayly -- Orientalism and Classicism: the British-Roman Empire of Lord Bryce and his Italian Critics; F.De Donno -- The New Order and the Fate of the Old: The Historiographical Construction of an Ottoman ancien re;gime in the Nineteenth century; B.Tezcan |
| Contents | PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EMPIRE -- Empire as a Topic in Comparative Sociology; W.G.Runciman -- Early Imperial Formations in Africa and the Segmentation of Power; M.Tymowski -- Post-Nomadic Empires: From the Mongols to the Mughals; A.Wink -- The Process of Empire: Frontiers and Borderlands; D.Ludden -- The Emblematic Province: Sicily from the Roman Empire to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; G.Salmeri |
| Contents | PART III: COMPARATIVE HISTORIES -- Lord of All the World: the State, Heterogeneous Power and Hegemony in the Roman and Mughal Empires; P.F.Bang -- Fiscal Regimes and the 'First Great Divergence' between Eastern and Western Eurasia; W.Scheidel -- Late Rome and the Arab Caliphate; C.Wickham -- Returning the Household to the Tributary Empire Model: Gender, Succession, and Ritual in the Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires; S.Blake -- Comparisons Across Empires: The Critical Social Structures of the Ottomans, Russians and Habsburgs during the Seventeenth Century; K.Barkey&R.Batzell -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Abstract | A pioneering volume comparing the great historical empires, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman. Leading interdisciplinary thinkers study tributary empires from diverse perspectives, illuminating the importance of these earlier forms of imperialism to broaden our perspective on modern concerns about empire and the legacy of colonialism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011011744 |
| ISBN | 9780230308411 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0230308414 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0230294723 |
| ISBN | 9780230294721 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC359 .T67 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |