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050 00 $aJC359$b.B375 2014
100 1 $aBarton, Greg$q(Gregory Allen),$eauthor.
245 10 $aInformal empire and the rise of one world culture /$cGregory A. Barton.
264 1 $a[Basingstoke] :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $aix, 254 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aCambridge Imperial and post-colonial studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index.
505 0 $aModels of Global Transformation -- The Idea of Informal Empire -- The Palmerstonian Project -- Informal Empire and Africa -- Informal Empire and the Americas -- Informal Empire and Asia -- Informal Empire and the Middle East -- United States and the Imperial Web -- Resistance.
520 $aInformal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world as it is today. This book traces the broad and undeniable outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power. Barton examines how the imperial web of influence can justly be said to have revolutionized human thought and culture at every level and in every location. He concludes by warning that the open elites that characterized the Victorian age have given way to closed elites that manipulate the levers of the imperial web to the detriment of meaningful culture and human liberty.
650 0 $aImperialism.
650 0 $aCivilization, Western.
650 0 $aHistory, Modern.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)
650 0 $aPolitics and culture.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
830 0 $aCambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1413/2014451196-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1413/2014451196-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1413/2014451196-t.html