Palgrave advances in international history / edited by Patrick Finney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finney, Patrick, 1968-

Series:

Palgrave advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

International relations.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xii, 366 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

Palgrave Advances offers a series of innovative books which orientate graduate and upper-level students within the current state of a field of study. Providing introductions to and overviews of the key debates, each text brings together leading international scholars who survey, question and push the boundaries of the discipline. The Palgrave Advances in History provide an interpretative analysis of the historiography of a subject, overviewing how certain concerns or approaches have been applied to a period or theme. Foregrounding new research, these books seek to map the future direction of the field.

International history has been called 'a new field with an old pedigree'. Originating in nineteenth-century diplomatic history, it emerged after the Second World War as a sub-discipline devoted to the study of interstate relations in all their thematic complexity. This text serves as an advanced introduction to this pluralistic and expansive field, and explores the challenges it will face in the future. With contributions from both established and younger scholars, it maps the current terrain of the subdiscipline through essays that both appraise recent historiography and analyse theoretical, methodological and conceptual issues. The chapters are thematically focused and expansive in their geographical scope, doing full justice both to established core areas of concern and to innovative approaches. The topics covered are: diplomacy and decision-making; power; strategy; armed forces and war; political economy; ideology; International Relations theories and methods; intelligence; propaganda, communications and public opinion; non-governmental organizations and non-state actors; the imperial and the post-colonial; culture; gender; and global history.

Contents:

Introduction: what is international history? / Patrick Finney 1

1 Diplomacy and decision-making / T. G. Otte 36

2 Power, strategy, armed forces and war / John Ferris 58

3 Political economy / Bruce Cumings 80

4 Ideology / Nigel Gould-Davies 105

5 International relations theories and methods / Miriam Fendius Elman 136

6 Intelligence / Peter Jackson, Len Scott 161

7 Propaganda, communications and public opinion / Susan L. Carruthers 189

8 Non-governmental organizations and non-state actors / Jeremi Suri 223

9 The imperial and the postcolonial / Mark Philip Bradley 247

10 Culture / Andrew J. Rotter 267

11 Gender / Glenda Sluga 300

12 Global history / Akira Iriye 320.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403904367

1403904405

OCLC:

56733508

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