{"product_id":"modern-empires-a-reader-paperback","title":"Modern Empires: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBonnie G. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the central role that the study of documents plays in the history classroom, \u003cem\u003eModern Empires: A Reader \u003c\/em\u003epresents the history of modern empires across the globe from the late fifteenth century to the present. The anthology's chronological, geographical, and thematic range offers special pedagogical benefits in light of the growing attention to the history of empire. Featuring voices from all levels of society and all parts of the world, this book stresses the complexity of empires when seen from multiple points of view. The introduction provides a thorough synopsis of the rise and fall of empires and also presents themes on which to base class discussions: Are empires chaotic systems or do they lead to systems of world governance? Are empires agents of integration and civilization or agents of violence and destruction? What is the nature of individual participation in empire? What is the role of resistance in the evolution of empire? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selection of sources in\u003cem\u003e Modern Empires \u003c\/em\u003eportrays an imperial panorama and charts its wide-ranging effects on individual nations and the unfolding history of the world. Providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of documents from modern empires around the world, \u003cem\u003eModern Empires: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e makes explicit the connections between imperialism and modern globalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonnie G. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at Rutgers University. She is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eWomen's Studies: The Basics \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) and \u003cem\u003eEurope in the Contemporary World: 1900 to Present: A Narrative History with Documents \u003c\/em\u003e(2007). She is also the coauthor, along with Lynn Hunt and Thomas R. Martin, of \u003cem\u003eThe Making of the West: A Concise History\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and the general editor of the four-volume \u003cem\u003eOxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2008), which won the American Library Association Outstanding Reference Work Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47278011711737,"sku":"9780199375929","price":111.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OHpMUjdiOG1zUSs0a1pxU3BpNWNQZz09.webp?v=1769002520","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/modern-empires-a-reader-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}