{"product_id":"9781405193559","title":"Empire, Colony, Postcolony","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEmpire, Colony, Postcolony\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert J. C. Young\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpire, Colony, Postcolony\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear exposition of the historical, political and ideological dimensions of colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism, with clear explanations of these categories, which relate their histories to contemporary political issues. The book analyzes major concepts and explains the meaning of key terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first book to introduce the main historical and cultural parameters of the different categories of empire, colony, postcolony, nation, and globalization and the ways in which they are analyzed today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains in clear and accessible language the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory as well as providing a postcolonial perspective on the formations of the contemporary world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by an acknowledged expert on postcolonialism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert J.C. Young,\u003c\/b\u003e FBA, is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University. His writing ranges across the fields of cultural and political history, literature, philosophy, photography, psychoanalysis and translation studies, with a particular focus on colonial history and postcolonial theory. His publications include \u003ci\u003eWhite Mythologies: Writing History and the West\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eColonial Desire: Hybridity in Culture, Theory and Race\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialism: An Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2001), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of English Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2008). He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Postcolonial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 September 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405193559\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314781745292,"sku":"9781405193559","price":28.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405193559_e21249e8-8c7c-4492-95dc-2e13afb16864.jpg?v=1780178991","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405193559","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}