Imperialism

Imperialism refers to the process of acquiring an overseas colonial empire as well as to the state of empire possession—and, more amorphously, to the ability to influence or control the political, economic, or cultural development of a separate geographical entity. It is a word with deep roots in the Roman concept of imperium , but it is most commonly used to refer to the colonial empire building of European powers from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, as well as to processes of economic and cultural control more broadly. Imperialism is notoriously difficult to define; in consequence, it has often been refined into distinct subcategories, such as formal and informal imperialism, subimperialism, social imperialism, capitalist imperialism, economic imperialism, and cultural imperialism. All imply forms of force, coercion, or influence; but recent definitions circle around the notion of a rule of colonial difference.

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• Bioarchaeology of Roman Imperialism

  Tisa N Loewen, K E Marklein•2026

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• Empire and Identity

  Open Access•Stephen H Gregg•Empire and Identity•2005

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• The New Imperial Histories Reader

  Stephen Howe•New Imperial Histories Reader•2020

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• Tensions of Empire

  Frederick Cooper, Ann Laura Stoler•Tensions of Empire•1997

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• The Question of Imperialism. The Political Economy of Dominance and Dependence

  Bronwen J Cohen, Herbert G Grubel•The Economic Journal•1974

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• The Imperialism of Free Trade

  John Gallagher, John R Gallagher et al.•The Economic History Review•1953

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• Culture and Imperialism

  Andrew J Pierre, Edward Said et al.•Foreign Affairs•1993

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