Possessing the World

Taking the Measurements of Colonisation from the 18th to the 20th Century

von Bouda Etemad

264 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Based on an impressive body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. From the beginning of European expansion the question was posed: what were the "empire tools" that gave Europe its military superiority, even before the industrial revolution? What was it that enabled Europeans to withstand life-threatening tropical diseases and to control indigenous populations? This book gives a fresh and wide-ranging view of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781845453381
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2007
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books