Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World

by Krishan Kumar

Book Overview

What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today's increasingly interconnected world

The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on empires has focused on their subject peoples. Visions of Empire looks at their rulers, shedding critical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153639
• ISBN13: 9780691153636
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"