Colonial Empires Compared
Subtitle: Britain and the Netherlands, 1750-1850
Contributors: Henk Van Nierop (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780754604921
Subjects: Great Britain; Netherlands; Emigration & Immigration; 18th century; Western Europe - General; History; Sociology; History: World; Foreign relations; Colonization & independence; Empires & historical states; Imperialism; United Kingdom, Great Britain; World history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Colonies; Congresses
First sentence: Comparative history has the great virtue of enabling us to see more clearly both the similarities and the singularities of the experiences of different peoples, institutions and times.