{"product_id":"informal-empire-in-latin-america","title":"Informal Empire in Latin America","description":"An interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British ‘informal empire’ in Latin America.  \u003cul\u003e\n\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\n\u003cli\u003eCombines a comparative perspective with the juxtaposition of political economy, cultural history, gendered and postcolonial approaches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy proposing and debating alternative explanatory models, the book breathes new life into the flagging concept of ‘informal empire’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251453415768,"sku":"9781405179324","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405179324_7032f475-ebd2-4a56-b3ac-61ecd5970ae8.jpg?v=1767756621","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/informal-empire-in-latin-america","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}