The Quest of the Colonial - Couverture souple

Shackleton, Robert; Shackleton, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1162767006 ISBN 13 : 9781162767000

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Quest of the Colonial is a historical book written by Robert Shackleton. The book tells the story of the British colonial empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the challenges it faced as it expanded across the globe. Shackleton examines the motivations behind colonialism, and the impact it had on both the colonizers and the colonized. He also explores the various strategies employed by colonial powers to maintain control over their territories, including military force, economic exploitation, and cultural assimilation.Throughout the book, Shackleton provides detailed accounts of key events and figures in colonial history, from the scramble for Africa to the Indian Mutiny. He also delves into the complex relationships between colonial powers and their subjects, highlighting the tensions that often arose as a result of cultural and ideological differences.Overall, The Quest of the Colonial is a comprehensive and insightful look at the history of colonialism, and the ways in which it shaped the modern world. Shackleton's engaging writing style and meticulous research make this book a must-read for anyone interested in the history of imperialism and its lasting effects.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1162767006
• ISBN 13: 9781162767000
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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