The European seaborne empires : from the Thirty Years' War to the age of revolutions /
In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the development of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to reexamine their development, from efficacious forms of governance and f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the development of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to reexamine their development, from efficacious forms of governance and finance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe's globe-spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300205155 9780300205152 |