{"product_id":"settling-for-less-9780691237817","title":"Settling for Less","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Modern and multidisciplinary. . . . \u003ci\u003eSettling for Less\u003c\/i\u003e provides the most comprehensive analysis of settler colonialism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Kyosuke Kikuta, \u003ci\u003eThe Developing Economies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Prodigious research and presentation.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"McNamee’s book is mandatory reading for scholars interested in both the causes and consequences of colonization. . . . Charles Tilly once warned us not to crow too loudly about the death of empires. But Lachlan McNamee’s excellent, accessible, and well-written book has given us reason to crow. Slowly but surely, the structural force of modernization works against the strategic goals of empire.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jacob Gerner, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNamee asks big questions, constructs an original and provocative theory, unearths previously unused, indeed, unknown data, and compiles persuasive evidence to support his hypotheses . . . \u003ci\u003eSettling for Less\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary first book of the sort to which authors aspire.\"\u003cb\u003e---David A. Lake, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865553350999,"sku":"9780691237817","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691237817.jpg?v=1722274530","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/settling-for-less-9780691237817","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}