Empire

Chapter I: Empires in History The Meanings of Empire Contrasting Empires The Distinctiveness of Empire Chapter II: Empire as Space The Spatial Imagination of Empire: Cosmology, Cartography and Government The Spatial Organisation of Empire: Frontier, Conquest and Administration The Ottoman Empire Spain´s American Empire Imperial Legacies: Nation and Citizenship in a Post-Colonial World Chapter III: Empire as Market Trade and Empire Towards A World Market Imperial Transformations at the Centre and Periphery The Consequences of Capitalist Imperialism Explaining Capitalist Imperialism Chapter IV: Empire as Culture Culture and Imperial Domination Imperial Culture and the End of the State of Nature in Spanish America Colonial Racism and the Perils of Miscegenation Nativism and the Invention of Tradition in Africa Culture and the Subversion of Empire Cultural Imperialism or Global Culture? Chapter V: After Empire American Empire Postmodern Empire Liberal Empire The End of Empire?