Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History

by Frederick Cooper

Book Overview

In this closely integrated collection of essays on colonialism in world history, Frederick Cooper raises crucial questions about concepts relevant to a wide range of issues in the social sciences and humanities, including identity, globalization, and modernity. Rather than portray the past two centuries as the inevitable movement from empire to nation-state, Cooper places nationalism within a much wider range of imperial and diasporic imaginations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244141
• ISBN13: 9780520244146
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"