{"product_id":"power-over-peoples-9780691154329","title":"Power over Peoples","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Headrick destroys the simplistic notion that technological advances alone can explain the historic limits of Western global hegemony.\"--Choice \"For professional historians--and especially for those dealing with the events of the early modern and modern world and with the progress of technical advances most of the latest book by Daniel R. Headrick might seem like a comforting walk through a very familiar landscape. The road's main twists come as no surprise, but it is good to see them yet again, surveyed with a macroscopic perspective that captures all important features and, here and there, highlights interesting details.\"--Vaclav Smil, American Historical Review \"Daniel R. Headrick is right to think that insufficient attention has been paid to how technological change and environment shape imperialism, and his work is an excellent attempt to remedy that deficiency.\"--Peter Cain, The Historian \"This is an interesting, clearly-written, and well-researched book. In an era of academic specialization, it is also attractive for its willingness to tackle one of the largest and oldest questions of world history. While technology is the theme, the author carefully frames and qualifies his argument so as to avoid the pitfalls of reductionism. While this book should find a place in courses on economic history, the history of technology, and the economics of imperialism, its accessibility should also make it attractive to the reading public.\"--Robert E. Prasch, Journal of Economic Issues \"Headrick provides a magisterial and highly readable survey... The work is perhaps most eye-opening in describing conflict in regions often left out of more sweeping accounts--colonial expansion in sub-Saharan west Africa or Algeria, or conflict in southern Latin America... [T]his book will enable [historians] to understand the place of technology in broader narratives of change all the more effectively.\"--Paul Warde, Cultural and Social History \"[T]his is a major contribution from an important academic built on decades of experience. I am a better scholar for having read it, and chances are that you will be too.\"--James Daschuk, Environmental History Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introduction Imperialism and Technology 1  On Imperialism 1  On Technology 3  The Goal and Organization of This Book 6  Notes 9      Chapter 1: The Discovery of the Oceans, to 1779 11  Five Seafaring Traditions 11  The Portuguese and the Ocean 20  Navigation 27  The Spanish Voyages 32  Completing the Map of the Oceans 41  Conclusion 50  Notes 51      Chapter 2: Eastern Ocean Empires, 1497-1700 59  The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean 59  The Ottoman Challenge 68  The Limits of Portuguese Power 74  The Dutch and the English in the Indian Ocean 79  China, Japan, and the Europeans 84  Conclusion 87  Notes 89      Chapter 3: Horses, Diseases, and the Conquest of the Americas, 1492-1849 95  The First Encounter: The Caribbean 96  The Conquest of Mexico 101  Peru and Chile 112  Argentina and North America 118  Disease and Demography 123  Conclusion 131  Notes 132      Chapter 4: The Limits of the Old Imperialism: Africa and Asia to 1859 139  Sub-Saharan Africa to 1830 139  India to 1746 147  The Military Revolution 151  Plassey and After 154  Reaching the Limit: Afghanistan and the Punjab 158  Reaching the Limit: Algeria, 1830-1850 163  Russia and the Caucasus 167  Conclusion 169  Notes 170      Chapter 5: Steamboat Imperialism, 1807-1898 177  Steamboats in North America 179  Steamers in South Asia 186  Routes to India 188  The Euphrates Route 191  The Red Sea Route 194  Britain and China 197  The Nemesis 200  Steamboats on the Niger 206  Steamboats and the Scramble for Africa 212  Conclusion 216  Notes 217      Chapter 6: Health, Medicine, and the New Imperialism, 1830-1914 226  Medicine and Africa in the Early Nineteenth Century 226  The Discovery of Quinine Prophylaxis 229  Public Health at Mid-Century 234  From Empirical to Scientific Medicine 237  Science and Tropical Diseases 239  Health and Empire at the Turn of the Century 243  Conclusion 249  Notes 251      Chapter 7: Weapons and Colonial Wars, 1830-1914 257  The Gun Revolution 257  Guns in Africa 265  The Scramble for Africa 269  North America 276  Argentina and Chile 284  Ethiopia 289  Conclusion 291  Notes 292      Chapter 8: The Age of Air Control, 1911-1936 302  The Beginnings of Aviation 303  Early Colonial Air Campaigns 306  Great Britain in Iraq 311  Air Control in Action 314  Spain in the Rif 321  Italy in Africa 324  Conclusion 327  Notes 329      Chapter 9: The Decline of Air Control, 1946-2007 334  France in Indochina 335  France in Algeria 337  The United States in Vietnam 340  The Soviet Union in Afghanistan 349  U.S. Military Aviation after Vietnam 353  The Gulf War 357  The Iraq War 359  Conclusion 363  Notes 364  Conclusion Technology and Imperialism Redux 370      Notes 373  For Further Reading 375  Index 381","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865526808919,"sku":"9780691154329","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691154329.jpg?v=1722274395","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/power-over-peoples-9780691154329","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}