{"product_id":"securing-empire-beatrice-de-graaf-9781350378520","title":"Securing Empire: Imperial Cooperation and Competition in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of international relations during a pivotal moment in world history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTaking a unique approach to imperial and international history, the essays in this volume show how security propelled imperial expansion, supported institutions of cooperation, maintained networks of imperial actors and shaped experiences of imperial rule. Contending that security should be studied as a force in its own right, one that drove processes of colonization, civilization and commerce, \u003ci\u003eSecuring Empire\u003c\/i\u003e shows how cooperation between and across empires hinged on shared notions of threats and common ways of countering them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn showing that security did not solely inform, support and complicate unilateral imperial endeavours, but also brought different imperial entities together and forged global modes of government, this book shows how integral security was to the 'global transformation' of the 19th century and the new world order that emerged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beatrice de Graaf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350378526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350378520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Beatrice de Graaf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431494242559,"sku":"9781350378520","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0fddee2-2c06-415e-894e-23c8d70c031e.jpg?v=1735141505","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/securing-empire-beatrice-de-graaf-9781350378520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}