Tensions of empire : colonial cultures in a bourgeois world /
edited by Frederick Cooper, Ann Laura Stoler
- xii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, this volume investigates metropolitan-colonial relationships. It shows how "civilizing missions" often provided new sites for a bourgeois order
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History, Modern--19th century History, Modern--20th century Imperialism--History--19th century Imperialism--History--20th century Colonies