The rule of empires: those who built them, those who endured them, and why they always fall

In this text, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent 20th-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires of the past can tell us about our own historical moment.

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Main Author: Parsons, Timothy H. 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2010
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:In this text, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent 20th-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires of the past can tell us about our own historical moment.
Item Description:Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2015
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (X, 480 S.) Kt.
ISBN:9780190254698
DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199931156.001.0001

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