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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2007

ROGER OWEN
ROGER OWEN
Affiliation:
Department of History, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ever since the great wave of European overseas colonization in the late 19th century, the notion of “imperialism” and the promotion of imperial projects has been a highly political one. Use of the term has been prompted for specific historical reasons and, usually, in response to debates which have arisen as a result of particular acts of imperial expansion. On some occasions, and generally when debates have been particularly intense, it has also encouraged the development of general theories designed to explain not just the drive for empire but also the dynamics of a world system in which an unequal distribution of economic and military power leads some nations to create empires based on the domination and control of others.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 7 - 10
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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