Dimensions
130 x 198 x 17mm
From Antiquity to the Present.
How did groups of peoples transform into the massive states we call empires? What part does migration have to play in their development? Anthony Pagden begins his history of empire with the ancient Greeks, who saw themselves as "extreme voyagers" and the Romans, who transformed migration into a form of domination and sought to impose "civility" on all whom they conquered.
Anthony Pagden describes the European overseas migrations, such as the growth of the British Empire, and the consequences of the initial encounters between "civilised" Europeans and "barbarian" aborigines. He concludes with the failure of imperialism in the 20th century. In the place of empire, he looks at the rise of the European Union and the concept of "globalisation".
