Elsevier

Futures

Volume 14, Issue 1, February 1982, Pages 47-61
Futures

Insights from history: The next great empire

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Abstract

An analysis of the evolution of the phenomenon of Empire is presented, together with some general observations on the nature of empires. It is concluded that empires are becoming more frequent and larger in size. Extrapolation of the results leads to some intriguing speculations about the future.

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