Informal empire and the rise of one world culture

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Informal empire and the rise of one world culture

Gregory A. Barton

(Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series / general editor, A.G. Hopkins)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-245) and index

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Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power.

Table of Contents

1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?

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