After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and Through the Nation

by Antoinette Burton

Book Overview

From a variety of historically grounded perspectives, After the Imperial Turn assesses the fate of the nation as a subject of disciplinary inquiry. In light of the turn toward scholarship focused on imperialism and postcolonialism, this provocative collection investigates whether the nation remains central, adequate, or even possible as an analytical category for studying history. These twenty essays, primarily by historians, exemplify cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082233142X
• ISBN13: 9780822331421
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"