British imperial history can now be seen as a bridge to global history. This study tries to renew the debate on British imperialism by combining Western and Asian historiography and constructing a new global history as an aid to the understanding of globalization in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part One takes a predominantly metropolitan view of the globalizing forces unleashed by British imperialism; Part Two focuses on the international order of East Asia and its connection with gentlemanly capitalism.
| ISBN: | 9780333993064 |
| Publication date: | 31st October 2002 |
| Author: | Shigeru Akita |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Colonialism and imperialism History: specific events and topics Political science and theory Economic history History |