A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6
A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject, comprising:

Volume 1. A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity (500BCE-800CE)
Volume 2. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Middle Ages (800-1450)
Volume 3. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
Volume 4. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Volume 5. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)

Each volume adopts the same thematic structure, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race, enabling readers to trace one theme throughout history, as well as gaining a thorough overview of each individual period.

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A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6
A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject, comprising:

Volume 1. A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity (500BCE-800CE)
Volume 2. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Middle Ages (800-1450)
Volume 3. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
Volume 4. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Volume 5. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)

Each volume adopts the same thematic structure, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race, enabling readers to trace one theme throughout history, as well as gaining a thorough overview of each individual period.

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A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6

A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6

by Antoinette Burton (Editor)
A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6

A Cultural History of Western Empires: Volumes 1-6

by Antoinette Burton (Editor)

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A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject, comprising:

Volume 1. A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity (500BCE-800CE)
Volume 2. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Middle Ages (800-1450)
Volume 3. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
Volume 4. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Volume 5. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)

Each volume adopts the same thematic structure, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race, enabling readers to trace one theme throughout history, as well as gaining a thorough overview of each individual period.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781350358232
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/15/2022
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.85(h) x 3.23(d)

About the Author

Antoinette Burton is Professor of History and Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. She specialises in the history of the British empire, women and gender and world history. Her most recent publications include An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire (2017), The First Anglo-African Wars: A Reader (2014) and Empires and the Reach of the Global (2012). She is also the co-editor of World Histories from Below (2016) with Tony Ballantyne, and How Empire Shaped Us (2016) with Dane Kennedy.

Table of Contents

Volume 1. A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity (500BCE-800CE)
Volume 2. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Medieval Age (800-1450)
Volume 3. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
Volume 4. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Volume 5. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6. A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)

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