The World and the West
Subtitle: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521890540
Subjects: Imperialism; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; World history: from c 1900 -; History: World; History; History - General History; Europe; Modern - 20th Century; Renaissance; Civilization, Modern--European influences; History / Renaissance; Europe - General
First sentence: The conventional history of European empire building not only lumps dissimilar experiences under the rubric of colonialism, but it often, and too readily, accepts convenient fictions, concocted by long-dead publicists, historians, and government officials, in place of reality.