Tributary Empires in Global History (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

Tributary Empires in Global History is one of a very select few to pioneer comparisons between the great historical empires of agrarian societies, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman empires, and others. As such, it is an exercise in global and comparative history over time. It examines and interrogates our basic historiographical, theoretical and comparative models and conceptions about how large pre-colonial empires expanded, operated and declined. In 14 chapters, all of them explicitly comparative, a group of leading historians, sociologists and anthropologists illuminate tributary empires from diverse perspectives ranging from the character of the state and fiscal organization, to imperial households, royal rituals, provincial societies as well as shared historiographical traditions and tropes. In doing so, the essays draw attention to the importance of these earlier forms form of imperialism to broaden our perspective on modern concerns about empire and the legacy of colonialism.

Bang, Peter Fibiger

Bayly, C.A.

Science & Math

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A pioneering volume comparing the great historical empires, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman. Leading interdisciplinary thinkers study tributary empires from diverse perspectives, illuminating the importance of these earlier forms of imperialism to broaden our perspective on modern concerns about empire and the legacy of colonialism.

It has long been held by historians that trade and markets in the Roman Empire resembled those found later in early modern Europe. Using the concept of the bazaar, however, Peter Bang argues that the development spawned by Roman hegemony proves clear similarities with large, pre-colonial or tributary empires such as the Ottoman, the Mughal in India, and the Ming/Ch'ing in China. By comparing Roman market formation particularly with conditions in the Mughal Empire, Bang changes our comparative horizons and situates the ongoing debate over the Roman economy firmly within wider discussions about world history and the 'great divergence' between east and west. The broad scope of this book takes in a wide range of topics, from communal networks and family connections to imperial cultures of consumption, and will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students of ancient history and pre-industrial economics.

The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire (Cambridge Classical Studies)

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

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Tributary Empires in Global History (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

Tributary Empires in Global History (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire (Cambridge Classical Studies)

The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire (Cambridge Classical Studies)