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Book SynopsisThe Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new perspectives on European colonialism and the challenges to it. With a post-1800 focus and extensive background coverage tracing the subject to the early 1700s, the book charts the rise and eclipse of European empires. Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki integrate innovative approaches and findings from the ''new imperial history'' and look at both the colonial era and the legacies it left behind for countries around the world after they gained independence. Dividing the text into three complementary sections, Aldrich and Stucki offer an original approach to the subject that allows you to explore: - Different eras of colonisation and decolonisation from early modern European colonialism to the present day - Overarching themes in colonial histo
Trade ReviewA valuable book, one worthy of a place on the shelves of libraries in secondary schools and tertiary education colleges and universities. It is a book that knocks on doors and demands we open them. * ColdType *
A masterly account full of fresh insights and engaging arguments. Their innovative structure enables Aldrich and Stucki to wield the historical lens with enviable flair. The vast topic of European empire is telescoped into comprehensible trends and themes, while still allowing for the precise focus on distinct times and places that brings the past alive. This is a history of the colonial world for the here and now. * Kirsten McKenzie, Professor of History, University of Sydney, UK *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Writing (and Reading) of Colonial History
Part I. Chronologies 2. Early Modern European Colonialism, 1490s-1815 3. The Making of Overseas Empires in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 4. Colonial Rule and Misrule, 1914-1940 5. The Unmaking of Overseas Empires, 1940-1975
Part II. Themes 6. Land and Sea: Colonialism and the Environment 7. Crossed Destinies: The People of Empire 8. Slavery, Indentured Migration and Empire 9. Settler Colonialism: The British Dominions 10. Colonialism and the Body 11. Colonialism and the Mind 12. Colonialism and the Soul 13. Representations of Colonialism
Part III. Cases 14. The Spanish Andes, 1780 15. Mauritius, 1810 16. Cuba, 1812 17. India, 1876 18. Burma and Vietnam, 1883-1885 19. Global Conflict, 1900 20. The South Pacific, 1903 21. Ceylon, 1907 22. German Southwest Africa, 1908 23. Ethiopia, 1936 24. The Dutch East Indies, 1938 25. Palestine and the Middle East, 1946 26. Algeria, 1962 27. The Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1971 28. Western Sahara, 1975 29. Belgium and the Congo, 1897 and 2018 30. Epilogue: The Legacies of Empires Further Reading Index
