{"product_id":"possessing-the-world-taking-the-measurements-of-colonisation-from-the-18th-to-the-20th-century-9781845453381","title":"Possessing the World: Taking the Measurements of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tBased 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Etemad’s work is refreshing…Controversial and difficult as [it] may be, his approach and efforts at working cautiously through available data to propose findings that make imperative the rethinking of a historiography is reason enough to make this book a valuable addition to the comparative studies of colonialism and world history.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Since the publication of [the French edition], Bouda Etémad’s book has remained an insider tip…The English version, one can only hope, will awake it from its slumber…Etémad’s greatest achievement lies in his attempt to prove colonial military history with figures….The human costs of invasion and colonization…can be discussed more comprensively on the basis of this book.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Historische Zeitschrift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…historians will be grateful for the hard work that Etémad has done….Some books are made to be read. This one is meant to be consulted, judiciously, by historians seeking specific statistical information. As such, it is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the European colonial empires.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Journal of World History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…this book represents a valiant attempt to bring quantitative methodology to a statistically slippery and emotively complex subject, and serves as a very useful corrective to technological determinism in explaining European colonialism.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  H-Net Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: TOOLS OF EMPIRE AND HUMAN COST OF THE COLONIAL CONQUESTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Mortality and Numbers of the First Europeans in the Tropics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOverseas Necropolises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWhite Man’s Solitude in the Tropics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Malaria, Quinine and Colonial Conquests\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe American Phase: The ‘Fever Tree’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Asian Phase: The Greatness and Misery of the Plantation System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe African Phase: Quinine and Colonial Conquests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. The Use of Indigenous Troops in Colonial Conquests\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAsia and Africa Conquered by… Themselves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAn Attempt at Quantification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOn Good Human Resources Management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEmpires at Bargain Prices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. European Losses During the Conquests\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypology and Assessment of Losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWeapons Technologies and European Losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTransportation, Communications and the Cost of Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Indigenous Losses During the Conquests\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMilitary Losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCivilian Losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBalance Sheet and Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: COLONIAL AREAS AND POPULATIONS A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EMPIRES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Measuring the Land and Counting Heads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Limitations of the Key Criteria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tComparative Sizes of the Colonial Empires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCounting Heads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeasuring the Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. The Rate and Scale of Colonisation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPeriodicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMajor Trends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRegional Differences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tList of the Colonial Powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Comparative Portraits of the Empires I: 1760–1830\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Spanish and Portuguese Colonies: The First Models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Metamorphosis of the English Domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe French Domain: A Fragile Structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Dutch Domain: From the Trading Empire to the Java War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Comparative Portraits of the Empires II: 1830–1880\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBritish Colonisation: Two Tiers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘New’ and ‘Old’ French Colonies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tJava and the Cultivation System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. Comparative Portraits of the Empires III: 1880–1938\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Old Empire Builders: Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe New Colonisers of Africa: Belgium, Germany, Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Non-European Colonisers: Japan and the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11. The Decolonisation Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDefinition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Causes of Decolonisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDecolonisation Underway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAfter Decolonisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSources\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex of Places\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex of Names\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042972533079,"sku":"9781845453381","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845453381.jpg?v=1750956464","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/possessing-the-world-taking-the-measurements-of-colonisation-from-the-18th-to-the-20th-century-9781845453381","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}