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BL
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1035718
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b790088
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Kearns, Gerard.
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| Title & Author
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Geopolitics and empire : : the legacy of Halford Mackinder /\ Gerry Kearns.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford, UK :: Oxford University Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies
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1 online resource (x, 344 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0191568864
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: 0191696412
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: 0199230110
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: 6612346590
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: 9780191568862
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: 9780191696411
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: 9780199230112
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: 9786612346590
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-335) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Return to Empire; 1. Geopolitics and Empire; 2. An Imperial Subject; 3. Making Space for Darwin; 4. Manly Endeavours; 5. Theorizing Imperialism; 6. Teaching Imperialism; 7. Practising Imperialism; 8. Conservative Geopolitics; 9. Progressive Geopolitics; Bibliography; References; Index.
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| Abstract
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Geopolitics and Empire examines the relations between two phenomena that are central to modern conceptions of international relations. Geopolitics is the understanding of the inter-relations between empires, states, individuals, private companies, NGOs and multilateral agencies as these are expressed and shaped spatially. This view of the world achieved notoriety as the scientific basis claimed by Nazi ideologists of global conquest. However, under this or another name, similar sets of ideas were important on both sides of the Cold War and now have a renewed resonance in debates over the New Wo.
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Mackinder, Halford John,1861-1947.
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Mackinder, Halford John,1861-1947.
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Geopolitics.
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Imperialism.
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Geopolitics.
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Imperialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.12
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JC319.K39 2009eb
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