Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers w…
Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers w…
Among the mountains -- Russia's south -- The Soviet Caucasus -- Armenia and Azerbaijan : an intimate quarrel -- Georgia : nationalism and war -- Caspian energy and Caucasian security -- Rebirth, Rose Revolution, and conflict in Georgia -- Conclusion: Making a region -- Chronolog…
Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer traveled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading settlement of the Dutch East India Comp…
The Middle East
Brantlinger offers an introduction to the rapidly growing field of cultural studies, charting its development in both Britain and America and assessing the contribution of a range of theory from phenomenology to psychoanalysis.
Réflexion sur la réalité de l'Amérique menée à partir d'un voyage de plus de vingt mille kilomètres aux Etats-Unis, la plupart du temps par la route où l'auteur a rencontré tous les visages de ce pays. Des observations sur la nature du patriotisme américain, la coexistence de la…