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This book traces how imperialism went from economic ambition to Marxist critique — revealing the competing theories that still shape how we read global power today.
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Theory Briefing
- Mommsen surveys classical 19th-century theories that framed imperialism as a natural extension of economic and political expansion.
- The book charts the Marxist pivot — reframing empire not as progress but as capitalism's inevitable, exploitative endgame.
- By mapping rival frameworks side by side, the text shows how theory itself became a battleground over who controls the story of global power.