Hart Empires and Colonies

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7376-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Themes in History

Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and livelyexploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of westernEurope from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansionaffected the world,

including its successor, the United States.

Whilst providing special attention to Europe, the book iscareful to highlight the ambivalence and contradiction of thatexpansion. The book also illuminates connections between empiresand colonies as a theme in history, concentrating on culture whilealso discussing the rich social, economic and political dimensionsof the story.

Furthermore, Empires and Colonies recognizes that whilsta study of the expansion of Europe is an important part of worldhistory, it is not a history of the world per se. The focus onculture is used to assert that areas and peoples

that lack great economic power at any given time also deserveattention. These alternative voices of slaves, indigenous peoplesand critics of empire and colonization are an important andcompelling element of the book.

Empires and Colonies will be essential reading not onlyfor students of imperial history, but also for anyone interested inthe makings of our modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Jonathan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. First Expansion: 1415-1517.
2. From the Reformation to English and French Settlements in theNew World: 1517-1608.
3. The Relative Decline of Portugal and Spain: 1608-1713.
4. The Rise of Britain and France: 1713-1830.
5. High Imperialism: 1830-1914.
6. European Civil War and World Conflict: 1914-1945.
7. Decolonization or Neo-imperialism: 1945 to the Present.
8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Hart is Professor of English, Director of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Alberta.