International order in diversity : war, trade and rule in the Indian Ocean /

International order in diversity : war, trade and rule in the Indian Ocean /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Phillips, Andrew, 1977- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:	xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in international relations ; 137 Cambridge studies in international relations ; 137.
Subject:	Geopolitics -- Indian Ocean Region. Geopolitics. International relations. Indian Ocean Region -- Relations. Indian Ocean Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10164226

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Other authors / contributors:	Sharman, J. C. (Jason Campbell), 1973- author.
ISBN:	9781107084834 (hardback) 1107084830 (hardback) 9781107446823 (paperback) 1107446821 (paperback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"We live in an unusual age. For most of history, international systems have consisted of a bewildering diversity of political units, ranging from city-leagues through to feudal monarchies, confederacies and sprawling imperial realms"--

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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The puzzle of durable diversity in international relations; 2. The initial growth of diversity, 1500-1600; 3. The expansion of diversity and competition under heteronomy, 1600-50; 4. The stabilization of diversity, 1600-1750; 5. Reconfiguring diversity in the age of empire, 1750-1900; Conclusion. Order in diversity.