The Burdens Of Empire: 1539 To The Present

The entire course of modern Western history has been shaped by the rise and fall of the great European empires. The Burdens of Empire examines different aspects of this long history, focusing on how political theorists, jurists, historians and others sought to explain what an empire is and to justify its very existence.

• | Author: Anthony Pagden
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 16, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 302 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0521198275
• | ISBN-13: 9780521198271