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Geometry of Imperialism The Limits of Hobson's Paradigm

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ISBN-10: 0860917665

ISBN-13: 9780860917663

Edition: 1983

Authors: Giovanni Arrighi

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Few terms in the vocabulary of politics are so confused as “imperialism.” Does it refer essentially to colonial rule? Or is it primarily an economic phenomenon, connected to the export of capital? What is its relation to nationalism? Which societies, in the past or present, can be properly described as imperialist?Giovanni Arrighi resolves these ambiguities by the construction of a formal model that integrates all of them into a single structure. He shows how a coherent paradigm of imperialism can be derived from Hobson’s classic study of imperialism at the turn of the century, and illustrates it with a series of geometrical figures. The genesis of English imperialism is traced, from the…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 9/1/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English