Patterns of Empire comprehensively examines the two most powerful empires in modern history: the United States and Britain. Challenging the popular theory that the American empire is unique, Patterns of Empire shows how the policies, practices, forms and historical dynamics of the American empire repeat those of the British, leading up to the present climate of economic decline...(展开全部)

安东尼·帕戈登，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治科学与历史系特聘教授。曾担任牛津大学默顿学院研究员、伦敦沃堡研究所高级研究员、佛罗伦萨欧洲大学研究所历史学教授、剑桥大学国王学院思想史准教授和研究员、约翰·霍普金斯大学哈里·布莱克历史教授。近期出版的著作包括《两个世界的战争：2500年来东方与西方的竞逐》和《启蒙运动以及它为何仍然重要》。曾在《新共和》、《国家利益》、《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国家报》（西班牙），《24小时太阳报》（意大利）、《伦敦书评》和《时代文学增刊》上发表多篇文章。

Throughout human history, empires have been far more constant and widespread, and the source of far more anguished political speculation, than nation states have ever been. But despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not on...(展开全部)

Throughout human history, empires have been far more constant and widespread, and the source of far more anguished political speculation, than nation states have ever been. But despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not on...(展开全部)

安东尼·帕戈登，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治科学与历史系特聘教授。曾担任牛津大学默顿学院研究员、伦敦沃堡研究所高级研究员、佛罗伦萨欧洲大学研究所历史学教授、剑桥大学国王学院思想史准教授和研究员、约翰·霍普金斯大学哈里·布莱克历史教授。近期出版的著作包括《两个世界的战争：2500年来东方与西方的竞逐》和《启蒙运动以及它为何仍然重要》。曾在《新共和》、《国家利益》、《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国家报》（西班牙），《24小时太阳报》（意大利）、《伦敦书评》和《时代文学增刊》上发表多篇文章。

New views of the "decline of the Mughals", expansion of the English East India Company's trade and urban settlements, and the role of the Indians in the politics and economics of early colonialism.

New views of the "decline of the Mughals", expansion of the English East India Company's trade and urban settlements, and the role of the Indians in the politics and economics of early colonialism.