Books by Richard Saller
“They come up with this concept of ‘government without bureaucracy’. Discussions of empires had always talked about these super mighty structures. There will be no end to the number of history books that tell of how empires petrify under bureaucratic overgrowth. But most empires in history have had tiny, tiny bureaucracies.” Read more...
Peter Fibiger Bang, Historian
Interviews where books by Richard Saller were recommended
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The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
by Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller -
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The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India, Awadh and Punjab, 1707-48
by Muzzafar Alam -
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A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology
by Pamela Kyle Crossley -
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Empire: The Russian Empire and its Rivals (from the 16th century to the present)
by Dominic Lieven -
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The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914
by C.A. Bayly
The best books on Empires, recommended by Peter Fibiger Bang
The best books on Empires, recommended by Peter Fibiger Bang
Empires are a reflection of the fact some states are stronger than others and are by no means just a relic of the past, says Peter Fibiger Bang, historian of empire and world history at the University of Copenhagen. Here, he recommends books on a variety of empires, from the ancient Romans to the Mughal, Qing and Russian empires and explains what it is that made some empires so durable and resilient across the centuries.
