{"product_id":"informal-empire-in-latin-america-culture-commerce-and-capital-paperback-softback-9781405179324","title":"Informal Empire in Latin America; Culture, Commerce and Capital (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405179324","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInformal Empire in Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture, Commerce and Capital\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Brown (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405179324, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 March 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Rarely does a single volume illustrate so clearly how new methods can improve an already venerable body of historiography.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British ‘informal empire’ in Latin America.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuilds 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines a comparative perspective with the juxtaposition of political economy, cultural history, gendered and postcolonial approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBy proposing and debating alternative explanatory models, the book breathes new life into the flagging concept of ‘informal empire’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIlluminates 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Cover Images.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributor Biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction (Matthew Brown, University of Bristol).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Rethinking British Informal Empire in Latin America (Especially Argentina) (Alan Knight, St. Antony’s College, Oxford).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The British in Argentina: From Informal Empire to Postcolonialism (David Rock, University of California).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Commercial Christianity: The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Interest in Spanish America, 1805–1830 (Karen Racine, University of Guelph).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Britain, the Argentine and Informal Empire: Rethinking the Role of Railway Companies (Colin M. Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Finance, Ambition and Romanticism in the River Plate, 1880–1892 (Charles Jones, University of Cambridge).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Appropriating the ‘Unattainable’: The British Travel Experience in Patagonia (Fernanda Peñaloza, University of Manchester).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. ‘Weapons of the Weak?’ Colombia and Foreign Powers in the Nineteenth Century (Malcolm Deas, St. Antony’s College, Oxford).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. ‘Literature Can Be Our Teacher’: Reading Informal Empire in El inglés de los güesos (Jennifer L. French, Williams College, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Artful Seductions of Informal Empire (Louise Guenther, Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Brazil).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Afterword: Informal Empire: Past, Present and Future (Andrew Thompson, University of Leeds).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501164556568,"sku":"9781405179324","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405179324.jpg?v=1786213836","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/informal-empire-in-latin-america-culture-commerce-and-capital-paperback-softback-9781405179324","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}