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Empires and Colonies
Jonathan Hart
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Description for Empires and Colonies
Hardback. Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world, including its successor, the United States. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 696.
Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world,
including its successor, the United States.
Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world,
including its successor, the United States.
Whilst providing special attention to Europe, the book is careful to highlight the ambivalence and contradiction of that expansion. The book also illuminates connections between empires and colonies as a theme in history, concentrating on culture while also discussing the rich social, economic and political dimensions of the story.
Furthermore, Empires and Colonies recognizes that whilst a study ... Read more
Empires and Colonies will be essential reading not only for students of imperial history, but also for anyone interested in the makings of our modern world.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Themes in History
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745626130
SKU
V9780745626130
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About Jonathan Hart
Jonathan Hart is Professor of English, Director of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Alberta.
Reviews for Empires and Colonies
"To contain the story to an accessible 387 pages, Hart uses 1415 as the starting date. Even so, the book is striking in its scope, managing to extend the topic back to classic antiquity and such famed minds as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Aristotle's famed student, Alexander the Great." Calgary Herald "This is a ... Read more