European imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
By: Woodruff D. Smith
Publisher: Nelson-Hall
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780882297064; 9780882298122
Copyright date: 1982
Subjects: Imperialism -- History -- 19th century; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900; Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Europe -- Territorial expansion; Europe -- Colonies
Notes: "An examination of the economic and political factors that determined the direction of European colonial expansion" - Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.
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9780882298122 (pbk.)
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The European empires before 1815.; title: The British overseas empire; title: The French colonial empire; title: The Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish empires; title: 3. Economic modernization and Imperialism, 1815-1860.; title: Industrialization and its consequences; title: The second phase of economic modernization; title: British emigration; title: France and Algeria; title: The British dominions; title: Latin America; title: India : the exception; title: Exploration and imperialism; title: 4. The European origins of the "New Imperialism," 1860-1900.; title: Reasons for the New Imperialism; title: The New Imperialism in Britain; title: The Rise of German imperialism; title: The expansion of the French colonial empire; title: The Portuguese and Belgian empires; title: The Italian Empire and the rise of Ethiopia; title: 5. The imperial scramble, 1880-1910.; title: Africa; title: The Middle East and Asia; title: Latin America; title: 6. Colonial systems in operation, 1880-1940.; title: The Impact of colonial rule : major questions; title: Foundations and consequences of colonial policy; title: Styles and structures of colonial rule; title: Nigeria under British rule; title: Algeria under French rule; title: The Netherlands East Indies; title: 7. Imperialism in a world context, 1890-1945.; title: The world economy and informal imperialism; title: Imperialism and international relations to World War I; title: The effect of World War I on European imperialism; title: Imperialism and World War II; title: 8. Decolonization.; title: The First World War and decolonization; title: The growth of nationalism and resistance in the European colonies between the wars; title: The struggle for independence in India; title: World War II and decolonization; title: Postwar decolonization