The rule of empires those who built them, those who endured them, and why they always fall

In this text, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent 20th-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires of the past can tell us about our own historical moment.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Parsons, Timothy 1962- (Author)
Resource Type:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	New York Oxford University Press 2015.
Subjects:	Electronic books. Colonies > History. Colonization > History. Imperialism > History.
Online Access:	Available for the University of the Philippines System via Oxford scholarship online. Click here to access