Showing papers on "Empire published in 2021"
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08 Jul 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the development of states and cities (c. 3000 - c. 1600) and the great powers of Egypt from Dynasty I to Dynasty XVII are discussed, and a list of figures, maps, and tables are presented.
Abstract: Volume 1: List of figures, List of maps, List of tables, Abbreviations, Preface, Introduction, Part I The development of states and cities (c. 3000 - c. 1600), 1. Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium BC, 2. Mesopotamia c.2000 - c. 1600: The Old Babylonian and Old Assyrian Periods, 3. Egypt From Dynasty I to Dynasty XVII (c. 3100/3000-1552, Part II The great powers (c. 1600 - c. 1050), 4. Imperial Egypt: The New Kingdom (1552/1550-1069), 5. The Hittites, 6. Syria and the Levant, 7. Mesopotamia c. 1600 - c. 900, Notes. Volume 2: List of figures, List of maps, List of tables, Abbreviations, Part III Political transformation and the great empires (c. 1200-330), 8. The Levant c. 1200 - c. 720, 9. The Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610), 10. Anatolia c. 900 - c. 550, 11. Babylonia c. 900-539, 12. Egypt c. 1000-525, 13. The Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330), Notes, Bibliography, Index.
115 citations
Book•
31 Mar 2021
TL;DR: The Neoliberal Parent: Mothers and Fathers in Market Society 41 4 Working-Class Families and the New Secondary Education 58 5 Good Teachers on Dangerous Ground 73 6 Not the Pyramids: Intellectual Workers Today 89 7 Sociology has a World History 103 8 Paulin Hountondji's Postcolonial Sociology of Knowledge 119 9 Antonio Negri's Theory of Empire 136 10 Bread and Waratahs: A Letter to the Next Left 154 Acknowledgements 167 References 170 Index 187
Abstract: Introduction page 1 1 Change among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities and Gender Equality 7 2 Steering towards Equality? How Gender Regimes Change inside the State 25 3 The Neoliberal Parent: Mothers and Fathers in Market Society 41 4 Working-Class Families and the New Secondary Education 58 5 Good Teachers on Dangerous Ground 73 6 Not the Pyramids: Intellectual Workers Today 89 7 Sociology has a World History 103 8 Paulin Hountondji's Postcolonial Sociology of Knowledge 119 9 Antonio Negri's Theory of Empire 136 10 Bread and Waratahs: A Letter to the Next Left 154 Acknowledgements 167 References 170 Index 187
106 citations
TL;DR: The contribution of African intellectuals to postcolonial and decolonial scholarship has been discussed in this article, where there is emphasis on privileging works of Diasporic scholars from the diaspora.
Abstract: What has been the contribution of African intellectuals to postcolonial and decolonial scholarship? This question arises because there is emphasis on privileging works of Diasporic scholars from th...
70 citations
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29 Jul 2021
TL;DR: The history of the French Congress of VIENNA can be traced back to the Treaty of Chaumont as mentioned in this paper and the First Peace of Paris, 1814-1815.
Abstract: PREFACE PART ONE: WAR THE EUROPEAN STATE SYSTEM AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS The European State System of the Eighteenth Century The Challenge of the French Revolution The Rise of Napoleon The Birth of the Napoleonic Empire and the War of the Third Coalition The Napoleonic Empire at its Height The Plans of Czartoryski and Pitt for the Reconstruction of Europe 2. THE COLLAPSE OF THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE, 1812-1814 Napoleon's Invasion of Russia and the Fourth Coalition Castlereagh's Mission to the Continent Negotiations at Chatillon The Treaty of Chaumont The Bourbon Restoration The First Peace of Paris PART TWO: PEACE 3. THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, 1814-1815 The Decision to Convene a Congress Preliminary Negotiations in Paris and London The Characters of the Statesmen Diplomatic Aims on the Eve of the Congress The Procedural Question The Social Life of the Congress The Polish Question and Alexander's Diplomatic Triumph The Saxon Question and the Secret Treaty of 3 January 1815 The Other Questions at the Congress The Question of a General Guarantee Assessments of the Settlement 4. THE BIRTH OF THE CONGRESS SYSTEM, 1815-1818 The Hundred Days The Second Peace of Paris and the Quadruple Alliance The Holy Alliance The Allied Occupation of France The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle PART THREE: DIPLOMACY 5. THE ALLIANCE IN OPERATION, 1819-1820 Central Europe and the Carlsbad Decrees Peterloo and the Six Acts The Revolution in Spain and Castlereagh's State Paper of 5 May 1820 The Neapolitan Revolution and Metternich's Dilemma 6. RIFT AND REUNION, 1820-1822 The Congress of Troppau and the Principles of Intervention The Congress of Laibach and the Piedmontese Insurrection The Greek Revolution, the Hanover Interview and the Threat of a Russo-Turkish War 7. THE TWILIGHT OF THE CONGRESS SYSTEM, 1822-1823 The Congress of Verona The French Expedition to Spain The End of the Congress System 8. THE LEGACY OF THE CONGRESS SYSTEM: SUCCESS OR FAILURE? NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
54 citations
TL;DR: Rolnik is no ordinary academic, which perhaps explains why her book, Urban Warfare, is such an extraordinary glimpse into the world of housing financialisation as mentioned in this paper, which is a highly respected and influe...
Abstract: Raquel Rolnik is no ordinary academic, which perhaps explains why her book, Urban Warfare, is such an extraordinary glimpse into the world of housing financialisation. A highly respected and influe...
49 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined the long-run economic consequences of Russian serfdom and found that a 25% increase in the number of serf suicides occurred after emancipation in 1861, compared to the year before.
Abstract: This paper examines the long-run economic consequences of Russian serfdom. Employing data on the intensity of labor coercion just prior to emancipation in 1861, we document that a 25 percentage poi...
45 citations
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19 Aug 2021TL;DR: Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile as mentioned in this paper examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end.
Abstract: The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman Republic and early Principate.
40 citations
TL;DR: The authors used archival sources to build a new dataset on colonial states of the second French colonial empire (1830-1962) and found that French colonial states extracted a substantial amount of revenue, but they were under-administered because public expenditure entailed high wage costs.
Abstract: What was the capacity of European colonial states? How fiscally extractive were they? What was their capacity to provide public goods and services? And did this change in the “developmentalist” era of colonialism? To answer these questions, we use archival sources to build a new dataset on colonial states of the second French colonial empire (1830-1962). French colonial states extracted a substantial amount of revenue, but they were under-administered because public expenditure entailed high wage costs. These costs remained a strong constraint in the “developmentalist” era of colonialism, despite a dramatic increase in fiscal capacity and large overseas subsidies.
38 citations
Book•
02 Nov 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, Drogula studies the development of Roman provincial command using the terms and concepts of the Romans themselves as reference points and argues that provincial command was not a uniform concept fixed in positive law but rather a dynamic set of ideas shaped by traditional practice.
Abstract: In this work, Fred Drogula studies the development of Roman provincial command using the terms and concepts of the Romans themselves as reference points. Beginning in the earliest years of the republic, Drogula argues, provincial command was not a uniform concept fixed in positive law but rather a dynamic set of ideas shaped by traditional practice. Therefore, as the Roman state grew, concepts of authority, control over territory, and military power underwent continual transformation. This adaptability was a tremendous resource for the Romans since it enabled them to respond to new military challenges in effective ways. But it was also a source of conflict over the roles and definitions of power. The rise of popular politics in the late republic enabled men like Pompey and Caesar to use their considerable influence to manipulate the flexible traditions of military command for their own advantage. Later, Augustus used nominal provincial commands to appease the senate even as he concentrated military and governing power under his own control by claiming supreme rule. In doing so, he laid the groundwork for the early empire's rules of command.
36 citations
TL;DR: For those with a history of being racialized, the nature of British othering, necropolitics and policing of bodies has a trace in their history as discussed by the authors, and it is a painful realization for those who have been racialized.
Abstract: (B)ordering Britain offers an awakening and painful realization for those with a history of being racialized that the nature of British othering, necropolitics and policing of bodies has a traceabl...
TL;DR: The idea of "greater Britain" has been associated with the later Victorian era, but it was anticipated in most important particulars as mentioned in this paper, and this article examines perhaps the most ambitious single text on this idea.
Abstract: The idea of ‘Greater Britain’ has been associated with the later Victorian era, but it was anticipated in most important particulars. This article examines perhaps the most ambitious single text on...
TL;DR: Is decolonisation relevant at all to the university situated in Britain and other former colonial centres? Answering broadly in the affirmative, the authors situates the project of "decolonising"...
Abstract: Is ‘decolonisation’ relevant at all to the university situated in Britain and other former colonial centres? Answering broadly in the affirmative, this essay situates the project of ‘decolonising’ ...
TL;DR: The past ten years have witnessed a revival in scholarship on militarism, through which scholars have used the concept to make sense of the embeddedness of warlike relations in contemporary liberal societies as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The past ten years have witnessed a revival in scholarship on militarism, through which scholars have used the concept to make sense of the embeddedness of warlike relations in contemporary liberal...
TL;DR: This article argued that anti-colonial federalists belong within a cosmopolitan tradition of seeking democratic supra-national governance beyond empire and nation, and argued that federalism should be understood as part of a contest about the state as such.
Abstract: This article examines the historiographical debate over federalism between the 1930s and 1960s. In their most sweeping iterations, revisionists have sought to unravel the history of the nation-state, by using the history of anti-colonial federalist demands for equal incorporation into imperial states as evidence against a teleology of nationalist independence. In perceiving the democratic potentialities embedded within imperial state forms, revisionists argue that anti-colonial federalists therefore belong within a cosmopolitan tradition of seeking democratic supra-national governance beyond empire and nation. Some iterations of ‘post-colonial cosmopolitanism’ have unfortunately channelled debate into an opposition between federalism and nationalism, while also generating methodological republicanism, the tendency to view proto-republics within imperial formations. This review challenges these interpretive shortcomings and argues instead that federalism ought to be understood as part of a contest about the state as such. By integrating scholarship on French and British imperial federalism with recent work on regional federalisms in European and African contexts, this essay centres a whole range of ideological variations of ‘cosmopolitanism’ that adapted federalism to their critiques of the state. Ultimately, this reframing of federalist historiography enables new insights into contests about, and not just over, twentieth-century states.
TL;DR: In this article, the modern origins of the Kafala migrant labour sponsorship system in the Gulf Arab States are traced. The sponsorship system was a product of the British colonial era, particularly the peri...
Abstract: This study traces the modern origins of the Kafala migrant labour sponsorship system in the Gulf Arab States. The sponsorship system was a product of the British colonial era, particularly the peri...
TL;DR: In this article, an overview of Roman wall painting production between late Republic and the early Empire is presented, focusing on the technique and style of in situ wall paintings from the Vesuvian area (Italy).
Abstract: This paper aims at presenting an overview of Roman wall painting production between late Republic and the early Empire. It will focus on the technique and style of in situ wall paintings from the Vesuvian area (Italy). Frescoes are indeed an integral part of architecture and reflect the patrons’ ambitions and social level as well as the craftsmen’s technical know-how. Since this is a handicraft product, the quality of materials, the craftsmen’s skills and the technique are fundamental to understand the fresco’s value and the message that the patron wished to communicate through the use of elaborate schemes, expensive colours or certain mythological themes.
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Byzantine and Early Islamic western Negev Desert communities during the 4th-8th centuries CE is presented, based on 33 pollen samples and hundreds of charcoal remains that were recovered from the villages of Shivta and Nitzana.
TL;DR: The authors pointed out that U.S. teacher education has largely overlooked a sociopolitical-historical context that affects both immigrants and nonimmigrants: American empire, and pointed out the need for teacher education to address this context.
Abstract: U.S. teacher education has largely overlooked a sociopolitical-historical context that affects both immigrants and nonimmigrants: American empire. To address the pressing need for teacher education...
TL;DR: In the decades preceding the U.S. Civil War, sectional conflict frequently took place in overlapping continental, hemispheric, Atlantic, and international contexts as discussed by the authors, and the authors of this paper consider the following contexts:
Abstract: In the decades preceding the U.S. Civil War, sectional conflict frequently took place in overlapping continental, hemispheric, Atlantic, and international contexts. Within these broader geographies...
TL;DR: This manuscript starts the study of a variant of Roman domination in graphs: the triple Roman domination, which considers that any city of the Roman Empire must be able to be defended by at least three legions.
19 Aug 2021
TL;DR: Feeney is one of the most distinguished scholars of Latin literature and Roman culture in the world of the last half-century as mentioned in this paper, and his major papers cover a wide range of topics and interests, including the transition from Republic to Empire and the emergence of the Augustan principate.
Abstract: Denis Feeney is one of the most distinguished scholars of Latin literature and Roman culture in the world of the last half-century. These two volumes conveniently collect and present afresh all his major papers, covering a wide range of topics and interests. Ancient epic is a major focus, followed by Latin lyric, historiography and elegy. Ancient literary criticism and the technology of the book are recurrent themes. Many papers address the problems of literary responses to religion and ritual, with an interdisciplinary methodology drawing on comparative anthropology and religion. The transition from Republic to Empire and the emergence of the Augustan principate form the background to the majority of the papers, and the question of how literary texts are to be read in historical context is addressed throughout. All quotations from ancient and modern languages have now been translated and Stephen Hinds has contributed a foreword.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored colonial (dis-)continuities between the planned Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) development corridor and the Uganda Railway (UR).
Abstract: This article explores colonial (dis-)continuities between the planned Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) development corridor and the Uganda Railway (UR). The historical approach to...
TL;DR: The authors examines film consumption within the Fascist empire of Italian East Africa (1936-1941) and examines the social and cultural aspects of the Italian presenceto in this period.
Abstract: This article examines film consumption within the Fascist empire of Italian East Africa (1936–1941). In dialogue with recent scholarship exploring social and cultural aspects of the Italian presenc...
TL;DR: The authors investigates some of the key debates that have emerged within the nascent union organizing project Game Workers Unite, with a specific focus on its UK branch (GWU UK) with a focus on games.
Abstract: This article investigates some of the key debates that have emerged within the nascent union organising project Game Workers Unite, with a specific focus on its UK branch (GWU UK). The analysis is ...
TL;DR: The authors argue that the former's conceptualisation of humanity bore the indelible impression of the latter's, and they argue that, by trai cation, the former was inseparably entwined with the latter.
Abstract: Scotland’s Enlightenment and Britain’s Empire were inseparably entwined, such that the former’s conceptualisation of humanity bore the indelible impression of the latter. We argue here that, by tra...
TL;DR: This article argued that settler colonialism in North America was a precocious expression of liberal anti-imperialism. But they did not consider the impact of settler colonisation in the UK.
Abstract: Recent scholarship has claimed Adam Smith’s frontal attack on the mercantile system as a precocious expression of liberal anti-imperialism. This article argues that settler colonialism in North Ame...
02 Jun 2021
TL;DR: This paper described social science as a product of nineteenth-century Europe and as a handmaiden to its imperial and colonial projects, however, centuries prior to the Western social science enterpr...
Abstract: Social science is often described as a product of nineteenth-century Europe and as a handmaiden to its imperial and colonial projects. However, centuries prior to the Western social science enterpr...
TL;DR: The authors explored India's forgotten, yet persistent, attempt to negotiate common citizenship as a basis for its relation to the Commonwealth, arguing that Indian political ambitions were much more expansive than what is recalled.
Abstract: ABSTRACT Between 1947 and 1949, the Indian government negotiated India’s possible Commonwealth membership. While studies often focus on the transformation of the Crown-bound Commonwealth, this article explores India’s forgotten, yet persistent, attempt to negotiate common citizenship as a basis for its relation to the Commonwealth. Three arguments are made: First, Indian political ambitions were much more expansive than what is recalled. Citizenship negotiations were part of a sustained effort to fight discrimination against overseas Indians in the Empire by promoting a radical reconfiguration of sovereignty attributes. Thereby, India sought to usher a post-imperial order characterised by reciprocity between states – but failed. Second, India negotiated the external dimension of decolonisation in several multilateral fora. Within the Commonwealth, India’s post-imperial vision hinged around the concept of citizenship. Citizenship was therefore negotiated as much internationally as domestically during decolonisation. Third, Indians developed flexible and expansive imaginations of sovereignty, which defined their Commonwealth ideal. Against the narrative that decolonised states defended an absolutist nation-state, these debates illustrate how India’s quest for equality shaped its conception of sovereignty. This article discusses India in the Commonwealth, the decolonisation process, India’s understanding of a post-imperial order, and the meaning of sovereignty after empire.