An unproclaimed empire : the Grand Duchy of Lithuania : from the viewpoint of comparative historical sociology of empires /: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania : from the viewpoint of comparative historical sociology of empires. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Nepasiskelbusioji imperija.
• Further Information: Note: Zenonas Norkus ; translation from Lithuanian by Albina Strunga.
• Authors: Norkus, Zenonas
• Contents: Part 1. Translatio imperii and Lithuanian history -- Translatio imperii in outline -- The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as an empire in historiography -- Part 2. Empire and imperialism : methodological strategies -- On the controversies over concepts and the ways how to solve them -- Cliometry of empires -- The empire and the inter-polity system : views from international relations studies -- The empire from the viewpoint of constitutional law and comparative politics -- Definition and typology of empires -- Cliodynamics of empires -- Part 3. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania as an empire -- Old Lithuanians as imperialist liberators -- The Grand Duchy in the pursuit of hegemony : aims and achievements -- Whose empire was the Grand Duchy? -- The metropole and peripheries of the Grand Duchy -- Why was it so difficult to identify the Grand Duchy as an empire? -- The Grand Duchy as an empire with adjectives -- On the dates of birth and death of the Lithuanian empire -- Lithuanian imperialism and the birth of the Lithuanian state -- Unaccomplished mission of the Lithuanian empire -- Concluding generalisations.
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 947.93; Imperialism -- History; Imperialism -- Cross-cultural studies; Historical sociology; Lithuania (Grand Duchy) -- History; Lithuania (Grand Duchy) -- Historiography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351669054; 1351669052
• Related ISBNs: 9781138281547; 1138281549
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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