Internal empire

the rise and fall of English imperialism

Over several centuries, England imposed itself by force and by treaty on the other three nations of the Hiberno-British Isles to form its own English Empire. For much of its life, the United Kingdom has only endured out of shared interest in overseas territorial expansion--a ...

Empire in retreat

the past, present, and future of the United States

A sweeping history of the United States through the lens of empire-and an incisive look forward as the nation retreats from the global stage A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer-Thomas offers a grand survey of the United States as an ...

The economic history of Latin America since Independence

This study, now in a revised and updated third edition, covers the economic history of Latin America from independence in the 1820s to the present. It stresses the differences between Latin American countries while recognizing the external influences to which the whole region has been ...

The economic history of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars

This book examines the economic history of the Caribbean in the two hundred years since the Napoleonic Wars and is the first analysis to span the whole region. It is divided into three parts, each centered around a particular case study: the first focuses on ...

La historia económica de América Latina desde la Independencia

Esta obra es una contribución historiográfica que va más allá del planteamiento árido de conflictos económicos suscitados en América Latina desde sus primeros movimientos de independencia. El estudio, profundamente analítico, repasa los puntos fundamentales respecto de los distintos modelos de crecimiento económico puestos en práctica ...

The Cambridge economic history of Latin America.Vol.I: The Colonial Era and the short Nineteenth Century

This volume includes the colonial and independence eras up to 1850, linking Latin America's economic history to the pre-Hispanic, European, and African background. It also synthesizes knowledge on the human and environmental impact of the Spanish conquest, the evolution of colonial economic institutions, and ...

The Cambridge economic history of Latin America.Vol.II: The long Twentieth Century

Volume Two treats the 'long twentieth century' from the onset of modern economic growth to the present. It analyzes the principal dimensions of Latin America's first era of sustained economic growth from the last decades of the nineteenth century to 1930. It explores the ...

The Cambridge economic history of Latin America

Provides access to the current state of expert knowledge about Latin America's economic past from the Spanish conquest to the beginning of the twenty-first century. It includes work from diverse perspectives, disciplines, and methodologies from qualitative historical analysis of policies and institutions to cliometrics ...

The economic history of Latin America since independence

Beginning with the integration of Latin America into the world trading system centered on Europe and North America during the century before 1930, this book explores the successes and failures of export-led growth. Using new data on exports and a simple model to explore the ...