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New World Empires

New World Empires Cultures of Power & Governance in the Americas

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book is a sweeping reexamination of the evolution of the state, covering the indigenous orders of pre-Columbian America, the Spanish, Portuguese, and British Empires in the Americas, and their major successor states of Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. Exploring the mechanisms of colonial order construction and the way in which that process prepared the ground for the emergence of national empires after independence, Niaz contends that the destruction of indigenous demography and culture was so complete that the societies and states of the New World are colonial in their basic fabric, thereby diverging from the Asian and African experience of European colonial rule. Independence from European empires intensified repression, instability, and inequality in each of the successor states, turning the rhetoric of equality and revolutionism into a legitimizing device for extraordinarily brutal regimes that completed the colonizing mission begun by European states.

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Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Manohar Publishers & Distributors are known for quality scholarly publications in the field of social sciences, with a focus on India in particular and South Asia in general. Over the years, apart from publishing well known Indian and foreign authors, Manohar has co-published with many prestigious institutions in India and abroad. We publish 40-45 original titles every year.

Book information

ISBN: 9789360803629
Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 370
Weight: 704g
Height: 166mm
Width: 244mm
Spine width: 26mm