A pioneering volume comparing the great historical empires, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman. Leading interdisciplinary thinkers study tributary empires from diverse perspectives, illuminating the importance of these earlier forms of imperialism to broaden our perspective on modern concerns about empire and the legacy of colonialism.
Author Biography:
PETER FIBIGER BANG Associate Professor in the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
KAREN BARKEY Professor of Sociology and History, Columbia University, USA
RUDI BATZELL Kellett Fellowship holder, Columbia University, USA, pursuing Mphils in Modern European History and Economic and Social History, Cambridge University, UK
C.A. BAYLY Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge, UK
STEPHEN BLAKE Center for Early Modern History, University of Minnesota, USA
FABRIZIO DE DONNO Lecturer in Italian Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
DAVID LUDDEN Professor of Political Economy and Globalization, New York University, USA
W.G.(GARRY)RUNCIMAN Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
GIOVANNI SALMERI Professor of Roman History, the University of Pisa, Italy
WALTER SCHEIDEL Professor of Classics and, by courtesy, History, Stanford University, USA
BAKI TEZCAN Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, the University of California, Davis, USA
MICHAL TYMOWSKI Professor of History, the University of Warsaw, Poland
CHRIS WICKHAM Chichele Professor of Medieval History, All Souls College, Oxford, UK
ANDRÉ WINK Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA