Beyond empires: global, self-organizing cross-imperial networks, 1500-1800

• Type: Book
• Date: 2016

Authors

Antunes, Cátia (Editor) Other; Polónia, Amélia (Author) FLUP

Publisher

Brill

Leiden

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Humanities > History

Other information

DOI: 10.1163/9789004304154

Abstract (EN): Beyond Empires explores the complexity of empire building from the point of view of self-organized networks, rather than from the point of view of the central state. This focus takes readers into a world of cooperative strategies worldwide that emphasises the role played by individuals, rather than institutions, in the overseas expansion and consequent development of European empires. While unveiling the practices and mechanisms of cooperation between individuals, this volume show cases the role played by individuals for the creation, development and maintenance of self-organized networks in the Early Modern period. Applying new conceptual and theoretical inputs, this book values the contributions of different `worlds¿, bringing to the fore the interactions of Europeans and non-Europeans, Christians and non-Christians, people living within-, on- or just outside the border of empire.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 313

ISBN: 978-90-04-30414-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-90-04-30415-4

Collection: European expansion and indigenous response; 21