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Book SynopsisOver the course of 150 years, Europe's protean technologies inspired and underpinned the globalizing ambitions of European nations. This book aims to show how technology mediated European influence in the rest of the world and how this mediation in turn transformed Europeans.
Trade Review“Europeans Globalizing is part of an ambitious research agenda that questions Europe’s history through a transnational history of technology. … the range and scope of the book as well as the thoughtfulness with which the authors discuss their disparate topics are impressive. … the transnational approach provides a refreshing perspective on Europe’s identity and connections to the world. It is a welcome and important contribution to the literature on Europe’s place in the technological Great Divergence.” (Marten Boon, EuropeNow Journal, europenowjournal.org, April, 2017)
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Europeans Mapping and being Mapped 2. Europe's Significant Others 3. Wars and Peace at Home and Abroad 4. Scrambling for Eurafrica: Resources and Axes of Infrastructure 5. From the Raj to the Yellow Peril 6. A New World Order and the Collapse of Colonialism 7. The Reconstruction Period