دانلود کتاب Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital

An interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British ‘informal empire’ in Latin America. Builds upon recent advances in the historiography of imperialism and studies of the nineteenth-century modern world, most obviously the work of Ann Stoler, Catherine Hall and C.A. Bayly Combines a comparative perspective with the juxtaposition of political economy, cultural history, gendered and postcolonial approaches By proposing and debating alternative explanatory models, the book breathes new life into the flagging concept of ‘informal empire’ Illuminates the study of British imperialism, from which Latin America is usually conspicuous only by its absence, and provides a broad and sound basis for interpreting the complex processes of nation-building and state-formation in Latin America Includes essays by scholars who have been shaping the debate for several decades, alongside work by a younger generation of researchers keen to re-conceptualise and re-assess the roles of commerce and culture in shaping informal empire Content: Chapter 1 Rethinking British Informal Empire in Latin America (Especially Argentina) (pages 23–48): Alan KnightChapter 2 The British in Argentina: From Informal Empire to Postcolonialism (pages 49–77): David RockChapter 3 Commercial Christianity: The British and Foreign Bible Society's Interest in Spanish America, 1805–1830 (pages 78–98): Karen RacineChapter 4 Britain, the Argentine and Informal Empire: Rethinking the Role of Railway Companies (pages 99–123): Colin M. LewisChapter 5 Finance, Ambition and Romanticism in the River Plate, 1880–1892 (pages 124–148): Charles JonesChapter 6 Appropriating the ‘Unattainable’: The British Travel Experience in Patagonia (pages 149–172): Fernanda PenalozaChapter 7 ‘Weapons of the Weak?’ Colombia and Foreign Powers in the Nineteenth Century (pages 173–186): Malcolm DeasChapter 8 ‘Literature Can be Our Teacher’: Reading Informal Empire in El ingles de los guesos (pages 187–207): Jennifer L. FrenchChapter 9 The Artful Seductions of Informal Empire (pages 208–228): Louise GuentherChapter 10 Afterword: Informal Empire: Past, Present and Future (pages 229–241): Andrew Thompson