Dear friends,
Having had a few questions about the topic of imperialism, I have decided to re-post here a fantastic series of lectures by Prof. John Marciano entitled "Empire as a way of life". IT focuses on a crucial aspect of imperialism: its cultural and civilizational dimensions. These are crucial for a full understanding of imperialism.
Please check out my first post in 2010 about this here: http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2010/04/seminal-series-of-lectures-on-us-empire.html
Please see this original post for the details about these lectures.
I have re-uploaded them all to Mediafire. Here is the new link to the folder with both the recording and the class notes:
http://www.mediafire.com/?uadz65ucs2csr
Here is the link to the lectures themselves: (all in one large file)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bn5f3bsz1oyol8w/Empire_as_a_way_of_life.mp3
And here is the link directly to the class notes:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/yff3kk4vcaa2vs6/Empire_as_a_way_of_life_-_lecture_notes.pdf
Friends, this is really very good and very important stuff. It is also a very pleasant series of lectures to listen to as Marciano is a very good lecturer. I highly recommend that you download and listen to these great series.
Enjoy!
The Saker