内容简介
Writtenbyoneoftheworld’sforemosthistoriansofhumanmigration,PeoplesandEmpiresisthestoryofthegreatEuropeanempires—theRoman,theSpanish,theFrench,theBritish—andtheircolonies,andtheback-and-forthbetween“us”and“them,”cultureandnature,civilizationandbarbarism,thecenterandtheperiphery.It’sthehistoryofhowconquerorsjustifiedconquest,andhowcolonistsandthecolonizedchangedeachotherbeyondallrecognition.
作者简介
AnthonyPagdenwaseducatedinSantiagodeChile,London,Barcelona,andOxford.Overthepasttwodecades,hehasbeentheReaderinIntellectualHistoryatCambridge,afellowofKing’sCollege,avisitingprofessoratHarvard,andHarryC.BlackProfessorofHistoryatJohnsHopkinsUniversity.CurrentlyaprofessorofpoliticalscienceatUCLA,heisaregularcontributortotheTimesLiterarySupplement,TheNewRepublic,andTheNewYorkTimes.