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From Empire to Federation
From Empire to Federation
- Source :
- Ler História, Vol 83, Pp 9-18 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Associação de Actividades Científicas, 2023.
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Abstract
- Lords of All the World is a comparative analysis of the history of the ideologies that shaped the Atlantic empires of Spain, France and Britain from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It recounts the evolution of a conception of “empire”, drawn originally from an interpretation of the ancient Roman vision of a single, multi-ethnic political community in which both the citizens of the metropole and the colonists (and in some cases the colonized) shared a common political identity and were bound by a common rule of law. It charts, too, the process by which the understanding of empire as a community initially based on conquest gave way to one based upon development and commerce. From this there emerged a perception of “empire”, as in effect, a form of federation, a transformation which determined the final evolution of the independence movements in both North and South America.
- Subjects :
- empire
federation
ideology
conquest
commerce
History (General)
D1-2009
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, French, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 08706182
- Volume :
- 83
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Ler História
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7b7ec5a7be2e4f2c964b76507ef0b214
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4000/lerhistoria.12683