Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
Taking the Measurements of Colonisation from the 18th to the 20th Century
Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
Reihe: European Expansion & Global Interaction
ISBN: 978-1-84545-338-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books
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.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
PART I: TOOLS OF EMPIRE AND HUMAN COST OF THE COLONIAL CONQUESTS
Chapter 1. Mortality and Numbers of the First Europeans in the Tropics
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Overseas Necropolises
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White Man’s Solitude in the Tropics
Chapter 2. Malaria, Quinine and Colonial Conquests
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The American Phase: The ‘Fever Tree’
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The Asian Phase: The Greatness and Misery of the Plantation System
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The African Phase: Quinine and Colonial Conquests
Chapter 3. The Use of Indigenous Troops in Colonial Conquests
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Asia and Africa Conquered by… Themselves
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An Attempt at Quantification
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On Good Human Resources Management
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Empires at Bargain Prices
Chapter 4. European Losses During the Conquests
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Typology and Assessment of Losses
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Weapons Technologies and European Losses
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Transportation, Communications and the Cost of Empire
Chapter 5. Indigenous Losses During the Conquests
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Military Losses
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Civilian Losses
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Balance Sheet and Perspective
PART II: COLONIAL AREAS AND POPULATIONS A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EMPIRES
Chapter 6. Measuring the Land and Counting Heads
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The Limitations of the Key Criteria
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Comparative Sizes of the Colonial Empires
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Counting Heads
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Measuring the Land
Chapter 7. The Rate and Scale of Colonisation
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Periodicity
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Major Trends
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Regional Differences
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List of the Colonial Powers
Chapter 8. Comparative Portraits of the Empires I: 1760–1830
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The Spanish and Portuguese Colonies: The First Models
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The Metamorphosis of the English Domain
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The French Domain: A Fragile Structure
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The Dutch Domain: From the Trading Empire to the Java War
Chapter 9. Comparative Portraits of the Empires II: 1830–1880
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British Colonisation: Two Tiers
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‘New’ and ‘Old’ French Colonies
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Java and the Cultivation System
Chapter 10. Comparative Portraits of the Empires III: 1880–1938
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The Old Empire Builders: Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal
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The New Colonisers of Africa: Belgium, Germany, Italy
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The Non-European Colonisers: Japan and the United States
Chapter 11. The Decolonisation Period
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Definition
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The Causes of Decolonisation
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Decolonisation Underway
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After Decolonisation
Conclusion
Appendixes
Sources
Bibliography
Index of Places
Index of Names
