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European Imperialism 1879-1999 : a Short History.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanard, Matthew G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018.
Subjects:
Europe-Colonies.
Europe-Politics and government-1871-1918.
Europe-Politics and government-20th century.
Europe-Territorial expansion.
Imperialism.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Europe > Politics and government > 1871-1918.
Europe > Politics and government > 20th century.
Europe > Territorial expansion.
Europe > Colonies.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Selected Abbreviations; Introduction; A Word about Words; Empires in History; Themes of the Book; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 1 The Nineteenth-Century Context; New and Unlikely Empires; Chinaâ#x80;#x99;s Qing Dynasty; Japan: From Isolation to Industrialization; Civil War in North America; Unification and Industrialization in Europe; The Ottoman Empire; The Crimean War; The Sepoy Uprising in India; Diversity in Africa; â#x80;#x9C;Europeâ#x80;#x9D; and Overseas Empire; Europeâ#x80;#x99;s overseas colonies.
  • The question of controlConclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Civilizing Mission and the Race for Empire, 1879â#x80;#x93;1902; A Scramble for Colonial Territories; The 1884â#x80;#x93;1885 Berlin Conference; The race to Fashoda; Migration and Forced Labor; Resistance and Collaboration; Real Colonial Control?; Expansion at Centuryâ#x80;#x99;s End; The Boer War; Explaining Imperialismâ#x80;#x99;s Causes; Capitalism and empire; A revival of missionary activity; Science, explorers, and geographical societies; Medicine and empire; Scientific racism and social Darwinism; Population pressures and emigration.
  • Existing colonies, renewed expansionNationalism and social imperialism; Colonial interest groups; A â#x80;#x9C;newâ#x80;#x9D; wave of imperialism?; Conclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Resistance and Consolidation, 1902â#x80;#x93;1912; The Apex of Imperialism; Ottoman, Qing, and Japanese Empires; Atrocities, Resistance, and Accommodation; Consolidation and Reform; European and Nonâ#x80;#x90;European Migrations; Gender, Sex, Race, and Anxieties; Empire and Globalization; Conclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Empires at War, 1912â#x80;#x93;1922; The Outbreak of Conflict; Conflict before 1914.
  • Imperialism and the warGlobal War of Empire; Africa south of the Sahara; South and east Asia; Holy War and the Near East; Wartime Colonial Agreements; People on the Move; War Continues in Europe; Attempts at Peace; The League of Nations; The Results of War; Conclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 5 The Colonial Era, 1922â#x80;#x93;1931; The Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh; The Horrors of Settler Colonialism; True Control on the Ground?; Confidence in the Civilizing Mission; Development, economics, and empire; Europeâ#x80;#x99;s Colonial Administrations; Education in the Colonies.
  • The Cold WarAnticolonialism and Nationalism; Conclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 6 World War II, 1931â#x80;#x93;1945; The Great Depression; Managing Colonial Difference; Paradoxes of Colonial Power; Culture and Empire; World War II; Italyâ#x80;#x99;s War on Ethiopia; The Bolsheviksâ#x80;#x99; Russian Empire; Global War of Empires; Franco-British and Franco-French rivalries; Colonies and the conflict; Overseas imperialism and the Holocaust; The World in 1945; Conclusion; Citations; Bibliography; Chapter 7 Unfinished and Finished Empires, 1945â#x80;#x93;1958; Sustaining Empire After the War.