The Longman companion to the formation of the European empires, 1488-1920 [electronic resource] / Muriel E. Chamberlain.
The European empires as they existed from the Age of Discovery until after the First World War shaped the modern world. So great has been their political, economic and cultural influence that to fully understand contemporary history and events, it is essential to have an understanding of the imperia...
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2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Section I: CHRONOLOGY; 1 The foundations; The age of discovery; The first empires; 2 Eighteenth-century competition for empire; The economic systems of the major empires; Colonial wars; General European wars with a colonial dimension; The West Indies; The growth of European influence in India; Exploration and enterprise in the Pacific; 3 Loss and continuity; The British empire; The Spanish empire; The Portuguese empire; The French empire; The Dutch empire.
- The European empires at the beginning of the expansion period, c.18704 The new imperialism; The scramble for Africa; The exploration of Africa, 1769-1884; The course of the scramble for Africa; The scramble for the Pacific; The abortive scramble for China; The French in Indo-China; Further expansion of the British empire in Asia; The government of the European empires in the nineteenth century; 5 Imperialism and the First World War; Summary of the European situation, 1870-1914; Colonial disputes and agreements; The Ottoman empire; The European empires on the outbreak of the First World War.
- Impact of the First World WarThe League of Nations and the mandate system; Section II: BIOGRAPHIES; Section III: GLOSSARY; Section IV: APPENDICES; Appendix A Slavery and the slave trade; Appendix B British colonies and protectorates on the eve of the First World War (Constitutional Status); Appendix C Governor-Generals and Viceroys of British India, 1773-1921; Appendix D The British empire: Colonial Secretaries and Secretaries of State for India; Appendix E The French empire: Colonial Ministers; Appendix F Resistance movements; Section V: BIBLIOGRAPHY; Polemical literature; General.