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Book SynopsisExamines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. The book shows how the policies, practices, forms and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present economic and political climate.
Trade Review'Rigorously thought out, lucidly written, and empirically insightful, Julian Go's work dispatches arguments that the United States has not been an empire and sets out convincingly the changing nature of that empire. Far from being just a demonstration of what ought to have been obvious before now – the role of empire in American history – Go advances our understanding of the trajectory of empire and informs contemporary debates about the future of the United States and its global hegemony. This is a stunning application of transnational and comparative methods of analysis.' Ian Tyrrell, Scientia Professor of History, University of New South Wales
'Julian Go's book is, simply, in a different league from almost all previous work in the field. Combining close historical analysis with conceptual rigor, joining the skills and strengths of the historian with those of the social scientist, this is a project of striking originality.' Stephen Howe, University of Bristol
Table of Contents1. Imperial paths to power; 2. Colonial rules; 3. Hegemonies and empires; 4. Imperial forms, global fields; 5. Weary titans: declining powers, new imperialism; 6. The dynamics of imperialism.
