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Informal Empire and the Rise of One World Culture

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Authors:
  1. Gregory A. Barton

    1. School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Models of Global Transformation

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    Pages 1-29

  3. The Idea of Informal Empire

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    Pages 30-47

  4. The Palmerstonian Project

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    Pages 48-70

  5. Informal Empire and Africa

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    Pages 71-94

  6. Informal Empire and the Americas

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    Pages 95-118

  7. Informal Empire and Asia

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    Pages 119-143

  8. Informal Empire and the Middle East

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    Pages 144-167

  9. The United States and the Imperial Web

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    Pages 168-185

  10. Resistance and the Imperial Network

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    Pages 186-197

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 198-254
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About this book

Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Gregory A. Barton

About the author

Gregory A. Barton is a Senior Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He is an historian of British, world and environmental history and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Britain and the World.

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