Informal Empire in Latin Ameri (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405179324)

An interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British 'informal empire' in Latin America.

• Builds upon recent advances in the historiography of imperialism and studies of the nineteenth-century modern world, most obviously the work of Ann Stoler, Catherine Hall and C.A. Bayly
• Combines a comparative perspective with the juxtaposition of political economy, cultural history, gendered and postcolonial approaches
• By proposing and debating alternative explanatory models, the book breathes new life into the flagging concept of 'informal empire'
• Illuminates the study of British imperialism, from which Latin America is usually conspicuous only by its absence, and provides a broad and sound basis for interpreting the complex processes of nation-building and state-formation in Latin America
• Includes essays by scholars who have been shaping the debate for several decades, alongside work by a younger generation of researchers keen to re-conceptualise and re-assess the roles of commerce and culture in shaping informal empire

Author: Matthew Brown
ISBN-10: 1405179325
ISBN-13: 9781405179324
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 86