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From Empire to Federation

From Empire to Federation

Authors :
Anthony Pagden
Source :
Ler História, Vol 83, Pp 9-18 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Associação de Actividades Científicas, 2023.

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.

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