Informal Empire and the Rise of One World Culture
Part of the Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series book series (CIPCSS)
About this book
Introduction
Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power.
Keywords
British History Global/World History Imperial History Environmental History Cultural history Modern history Figuration resistance transformation westernization
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137315922
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-31271-9
- Online ISBN 978-1-137-31592-2
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