In a provocative study on comparative empire, noted historians
identify periods of transition across history that reveal how and
why empires emerge. Loren J. Samons on Athens and Arthur Eckstein
on Rome examine classical Western empires. Nicholas Canny discusses
the British experience, Paul Bushkovitch analyzes the case of
imperial Russia, and Pamela Kyle Crossley studies Qing China s
beginnings. Frank Ninkovich tackles the actions of the United
States at the turn of the twentieth century, which many view as
imperial behavior.
What were the critical characteristics that distinguished the
imperial period of the state from its pre-imperial period? When did
the state develop those characteristics sufficiently to be called
an empire? The authors indicate the domestic political, social,
economic, or military institutions that made empire formation
possible and address how intentional the transition to empire was.
They investigate the actions that drove imperial consolidation and
consider the international environment in which the empire formed.
Kimberly Kagan provides a concluding essay that probes the
historical cases for insights into policymaking and the nature of
imperial power.
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