Jean-Baptiste Colbert saw governance of the state not as the inherent ability of the king, but as a form of mechanical mastery of subjects such as medieval legal history, physics, navigation, and the price lists of nails, sails, and gunpowder. In The Information Master, Jacob So…
"This set of historical essays challenges many cherished assumptions about the century between the Mughal empire and the British colonial period. Based mainly on Maratha material from the vast Pune Daftar, Dr Gordon's first essay questions the whole existence of 'thugi', arguing…
The author argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism and that the chaos feared by so many observers is neither endless nor one-sidedly destructive. He argues that the ethnic definition of national is giving way to the ci…
The author argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism and that the chaos feared by so many observers is neither endless nor one-sidedly destructive. He argues that the ethnic definition of national is giving way to the ci…
If you were to examine an 1816 map of the world, you would discover that half the countries represented there no longer exist. Yet since 1945, the disappearance of individual states from the world stage has become rare. State Death is the first book to systematically examine the…
If you were to examine an 1816 map of the world, you would discover that half the countries represented there no longer exist. Yet since 1945, the disappearance of individual states from the world stage has become rare. State Death is the first book to systematically examine the…
"The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establi…
This book has been thoroughly revised to take account of the latest research and to provide fresh perspectives on this key period when Britain was transformed into the world's first industrial power.
This volume examines the impact of clandestine and overt political organizations in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq after World War I. It analyzes Amir Faysal's short-lived state in post-war Syria, relations between Syrians, Iraqis and Palestinians, and nationalist activity w…