Europe (in theory)

Europe (in Theory) is an innovative analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ideas about Europe that continue to inform thinking about culture, politics, and identity today. Drawing on insights from subaltern and postcolonial studies, Roberto M. Dainotto deconstructs imperialism not from the s...

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Main Author: Dainotto, Roberto M. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2007
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