Categories | History-Military
Format Paperback | 376 pages
Publication date 23 Jun 2020
Language English
ISBN10 0500295492
ISBN13 9780500295496
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Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador’s quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East Indies. For over 500 years empires have been a feature of the political landscape and – a generation or more after the final collapse of most of the European Empires – the subject is still a major issue for historians.
For some countries – Germany and Italy – overseas dreams were short-lived; for others – the United States and the Soviet Union – imperialist activity existed but was never accepted as an official state policy; and the disappearance of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires has obscured some of the imperial dimensions of these states.
This book shows how the maps of explorations, the chronologies of conquests, the records of settlers and administrators, the balance sheets of commerce and all else that made up the Age of Empires play a key role in explaining the global civilization of today.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: Imperial Overview
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: A Resilient Polity
SPAIN: The Genealogy of Modern Colonialism
PORTUGAL: Empire-building in the Old World and the New
THE NETHERLANDS: A Small Country with Imperial Ambitions
SCANDINAVIA: An Outsider in European Imperialism
BRITAIN: Ruling the Waves
FRANCE: Empire and the Mère-Patrie
RUSSIA: The Two Empires
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: The Making of Central Europe
BELGIUM: The Single-Colony Empire
GERMANY: The Latecomer
ITALY: The Last Empire
THE UNITED STATES: Empire as a Way of Life?
Notes and bibliographies
Sources of illustrations
Contributors
Index
About the Author/s