Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories written by Philippa Levine and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the era of modern imperial history from the early sixteenth century to the present, it challenges both the rather insular focuses on specific experiences, and gives due attention to imperial formations outside the West including the Russian, Japanese, Mughal, Ottoman and Chinese.