Possessing the World: Taking the Measurements of Colonisation from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

Etemad, Bouda

ISBN 10 : 1845453387 ISBN 13 : 9781845453381

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2007

Synopsis

Based on an impressive body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. From the beginning of European expansion the question was posed: what were the "empire tools" that gave Europe its military superiority, even before the industrial revolution? What was it that enabled Europeans to withstand life-threatening tropical diseases and to control indigenous populations? This book gives a fresh and wide-ranging view of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bouda Etemad is Professor of History at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, and the author of De l'utilité des empires. Colonisation et prospérité de l'Europe, XVIIIe-XXe siècle (Armand Colin 2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845453387
• ISBN 13: 9781845453381
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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