A short history of colonialism / Wolfgang Reinhard ; translated by Kate Sturge.
This well-written and comprehensive book by an outstanding expert provides students of history and the general reader with reliable, up-to-date information on an essential part of the history of mankind. It deals with the discoveries; with Portuguese, Dutch, and English trade systems in Asia; with t...
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| Other title: | Kleine Geschichte des Kolonialismus. English. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Manchester, UK ; New York : New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Manchester University Press ;
2011.
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| Summary: | This well-written and comprehensive book by an outstanding expert provides students of history and the general reader with reliable, up-to-date information on an essential part of the history of mankind. It deals with the discoveries; with Portuguese, Dutch, and English trade systems in Asia; with the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British Colonies in America; the American plantation economy and the trade in African slaves; with settler colonies in the southern hemisphere; with US, Russian, and Chinese continental imperialism; with Western colonial rule in Asia and Africa; and the several waves of decolonization between 1775 and 1989. Twenty-four maps illustrate the narrative. _ A useful teaching text, it combines traditional and more recent perspectives to produce a final balance sheet of Western colonialism and its global heritage. A carefully selected bibliography encourages further reading. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 308 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780719083273 0719083273 0719083281 9780719083280 |