A short history of colonialism /

This well-written and comprehensive book by an outstanding expert provides students of history and the general reader with reliable, up-to-date information on an essential part of the history of mankind. It deals with the discoveries; with Portuguese, Dutch, and English trade systems in Asia; with t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reinhard, Wolfgang
Other Authors: Sturge, Kate (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, Manchester University Press ; 2011.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Colonies and colonialism
  • The European Atlantic
  • Europeans and Asians
  • The Iberian Atlantic
  • Plantation America and the African Atlantic
  • New Europes on the North Atlantic and the first decolonisation
  • New Europes in the southern hemisphere and the second decolonisation
  • Continental imperialism
  • Overseas imperialism in Asia
  • Imperialism in Africa
  • Late imperialism and the great decolonisation
  • A balance-sheet of colonialism.