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Excellent, accessible textbook for courses in general and comparative colonial history. Includes not only overseas empires but also continental colonial expansion (USA, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and Russia). Most recent comprehensive book in the field. -- .

Table of Contents

1. Colonies and colonialism
2. The European Atlantic
3. Europeans and Asians
4. The Iberian Atlantic
5. Plantation America and the African Atlantic
6. New Europes on the North Atlantic and the first decolonisation
7. New Europes in the southern hemisphere and the second decolonisation
8. Continental imperialism
9. Overseas imperialism in Asia
10. Imperialism in Africa
11. Late imperialism and the great decolonisation
12. A balance-sheet of colonialism
Bibliography
Index

A short history of colonialism

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719083280, 978-0719083280
      ISBN10: 0719083281

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Excellent, accessible textbook for courses in general and comparative colonial history. Includes not only overseas empires but also continental colonial expansion (USA, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and Russia). Most recent comprehensive book in the field. -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. Colonies and colonialism
      2. The European Atlantic
      3. Europeans and Asians
      4. The Iberian Atlantic
      5. Plantation America and the African Atlantic
      6. New Europes on the North Atlantic and the first decolonisation
      7. New Europes in the southern hemisphere and the second decolonisation
      8. Continental imperialism
      9. Overseas imperialism in Asia
      10. Imperialism in Africa
      11. Late imperialism and the great decolonisation
      12. A balance-sheet of colonialism
      Bibliography
      Index

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