The Imperialist

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664574107

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This work is set in a fictionalized Brantford when Canada was emerging as a new country but still with strong ties to Britain. Lorne Murchison is the first-generation son of an honorable immigrant family, sure that favored trade with Britain is the only way forward. He is ready to put his reputation in danger to persuade the people of his upwardly mobile Ontario county to agree to his views. But everyone else in the town has their personal opinions about the present and future of Canada. Canada is depicted as a nation coming to grips with an identity entangled with British imperialism. Another intriguing character Advena, who is Lorne's sister has high flown ideals and dreams of her own. She begins an uncommitted relationship with a recently arrived Scottish minister, subtly reflecting the public story. On the other hand, Lorne falls in love with Dora Milburn, whose conservative family is the polar opposite of the liberal Murchisons. The romantic subplot, along with the main political plot, made this work an exciting read and a hit during its time.

Author : Todd Gordon
Publisher : Arp Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1894037456

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Imperialist Canada by Todd Gordon Pdf

Imperialist Canada exposes Canada's imperialist past and present, at home and across the globe. Todd Gordon interweaves histories of aboriginal dispossession in Canada with the cold facts of Canadian capital's oppression of indigenous peoples in the global South. The book digs beneath the surface of Canada's image as global peacekeeper and promoter of human rights, revealing the links between the corporate pursuit of profit and Canadian foreign and domestic policy. Drawing on examples from Colombia, the Congo, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere, Imperial Canada makes a passionate plea for greater critical attention to Canada's role in the global order.

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : New Canadian Library
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551993744

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The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan Pdf

Sara Jeannette Duncan’s classic portrait of a turn-of-the-century Ontario town, The Imperialist captures the spirit of an emergent nation through the example of two young dreamers. Impassioned by “the Imperialist idea,” Lorne Murchison rests his bid for office on his vision of a rejuvenated British Empire. His sister Advena betrays a kindred attraction to the high-flown ideals in her love for an unworldly, and unavailable, young minister. Nimbly alternating between politics and romance, Duncan constructs a superbly ironic object-lesson in the Canadian virtue of compromise. Sympathetic, humorous, and wonderfully detailed, The Imperialist is an astute analysis of the paradoxes of Canadian nationhood, as relevant today as when the novel was first published in 1904.

Author : John Smith
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583675793

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Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century by John Smith Pdf

Winner of the first Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award for an original monograph concerned with the political economy of imperialism, John Smith's Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century is a seminal examination of the relationship between the core capitalist countries and the rest of the world in the age of neoliberal globalization.Deploying a sophisticated Marxist methodology, Smith begins by tracing the production of certain iconic commodities-the T-shirt, the cup of coffee, and the iPhone-and demonstrates how these generate enormous outflows of money from the countries of the Global South to transnational corporations headquartered in the core capitalist nations of the Global North. From there, Smith draws on his empirical findings to powerfully theorize the current shape of imperialism. He argues that the core capitalist countries need no longer rely on military force and colonialism (although these still occur) but increasingly are able to extract profits from workers in the Global South through market mechanisms and, by aggressively favoring places with lower wages, the phenomenon of labor arbitrage. Meticulously researched and forcefully argued, Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century is a major contribution to the theorization and critique of global capitalism.

Author : Sara Friedrichsmeyer,Sara Lennox,Susanne Zantop
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Arts, German
ISBN : 047206682X

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The Imperialist Imagination by Sara Friedrichsmeyer,Sara Lennox,Susanne Zantop Pdf

The first anthology of essays to address colonial and postcolonial issues in German history, culture, and literature

Author : John Eperjesi
Publisher : Dartmouth College Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611686654

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The Imperialist Imaginary by John Eperjesi Pdf

In a groundbreaking work of ÒNew AmericanistÓ studies, John R. Eperjesi explores the cultural and economic formation of the Unites States relationship to China and the Pacific Rim in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Eperjesi examines a variety of texts to explore the emergence of what Rob Wilson has termed the ÒAmerican Pacific.Ó Eperjesi shows how works ranging from Frank NorrisÕ The Octopus to the Journal of the American Asiatic Association, from the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason to the travel writings of Jack and Charmain London, and from Maxine Hong KingstonÕs China Men to Ang LeeÕs Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonÑand the cultural dynamics that produced themÑhelped construct the myth of the American Pacific. By construing the Pacific Rim as a unified region binding together the territorial United States with the areas of Asia and the Pacific, he also demonstrates that the logic of the imperialist imaginary suggested it was not only proper but even incumbent upon the United States to exercise both political and economic influence in the region. As Donald E. Pease notes in his foreword, Òby reading foreign policy and economic policy as literature, and by reconceptualizing works of American literature as extenuations of foreign policy and economic theory,Ó Eperjesi makes a significant contribution to studies of American imperialism.

Author : Amira Jarmakani
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781479820863

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An Imperialist Love Story by Amira Jarmakani Pdf

A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive, the desert prince or sheikh emanates manliness and raw, sexual power. In the years since September 11, 2001, the sheikh character has steadily risen in popularity in romance novels, even while depictions of Arab masculinity as backward and violent in nature have dominated the cultural landscape. An Imperialist Love Story contributes to the broader conversation about the legacy of orientalist representations of Arabs in Western popular culture. Combining close readings of novels, discursive analysis of blogs and forums, and interviews with authors, Jarmakani explores popular investments in the war on terror by examining the collisions between fantasy and reality in desert romances. Focusing on issues of security, freedom, and liberal multiculturalism, she foregrounds the role that desire plays in contemporary formations of U.S. imperialism. Drawing on transnational feminist theory and cultural studies, An Imperialist Love Story offers a radical reinterpretation of the war on terror, demonstrating romance to be a powerful framework for understanding how it works, and how it perseveres.

Author : David Healy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066039754

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US Expansionism by David Healy Pdf

Author : Sarah Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0887558186

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Imperial Plots by Sarah Carter Pdf

Imperial Plots depicts the female farmers and ranchers of the prairies, from the Indigenous women agriculturalists of the Plains to the array of women who resolved to work on the land in the first decades of the twentieth century.

Author : Bruce Gilley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781684512171

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The Last Imperialist by Bruce Gilley Pdf

"The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empires studies Sir Alan Burns' career and his arguments in defense of European colonialism. Bruce Gilley describes Burns' intellectual and policy battles with opponents of colonialism and his efforts to slow the decolonization process"--

Author : Samir Puri
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786498342

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The Great Imperial Hangover by Samir Puri Pdf

'An exceptional account.' Prospect 'Enlightening.' Spectator For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's forays into Africa; from Modi's India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Puri provides a bold new framework for understanding the world's complex rivalries and politics. Organised by region, and covering vital topics such as security, foreign policy, national politics and commerce, The Great Imperial Hangover combines gripping history and astute analysis to explain why the history of empire affects us all in profound ways.

Author : Sara Pugach,David Pizzo,Adam Blackler
Publisher : Transnational Cultures
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Auswirkung
ISBN : 1788742001

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After the Imperialist Imagination by Sara Pugach,David Pizzo,Adam Blackler Pdf

This collection analyzes scholarship on global Germany since 1998, assessing its impact on German historiography and diaspora studies. It reveals that Germany's colonial presence overseas forged links to landscapes, traditions, and communities beyond Europe that continue to modify the cultural boundaries of Germanness into the present day.

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Canada
ISBN : 189613338X

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The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan Pdf

Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798646515323

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The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan Pdf

"We've seen changes, Mr Murchison. Aye. We've seen changes."Dr Drummond and Mr Murchison stood together in the store door, over which the sign "John Murchison: Hardware," had explained thirty years of varying commercial fortune. They had pretty well begun life together in Elgin. John Murchison was one of those who had listened to Mr Drummond's trial sermon, and had given his vote to "call" him to the charge. Since then there had been few Sundays when, morning and evening, Mr Murchison had not been in his place at the top of his pew, where his dignified and intelligent head appeared with the isolated significance of a strong individuality.

Author : Lewis Samuel Feuer
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1412825997

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Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind by Lewis Samuel Feuer Pdf

In this major work, Lewis S. Feuer examines critical distinctions between progressive and regressive imperialism. He explores causes of anti-imperial ideologies, noting that unlike the spoliation that took place under regressive tartar, Spanish and Nazi colonizations, civilization flourished during the progressive imperialism of Hellenic, Macedonian, Roman, and modern British eras of empire-building. Feuer holds that it is erroneous to blame the relative backwardness of colonial peoples on the imperialism of Western democratic nations. In case after case, the character of colonial rulers determined economic development and democratic reform alike. Pursuing the theme of progress versus regression, Feuer compares the imperialism of the United States with that of the Soviet Union – to the detriment of the latter in nearly every instance. His effort constitutes nothing short of a fundamentally new perspective on the lessons of modern history and the mistakes of modern analysts of international affairs. Feuer opens as well a new chapter in political psychology with his study of such anti-imperialist intellectuals as Hobson, Morel, and Leonard Woolf; his portrait of Emin Pasha, the heroic Jewish governor of Equatorial Sudan, suggests a living model for Conrad's Lord Jim.