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Empires and Colonies
Jonathan Hart (Author)
9780745626130, Polity Press
Hardback, published 13 December 2007
384 pages
23.6 x 16 x 3.4 cm, 0.689 kg
"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." "This is a book of majestic synthesis, a tour de force and a timely reminder of the persistence of empires and imperialism in the political imagination." Jeremy I. Adelman, Princeton University "Empires and Colonies covers, in great depth, the entire tangled and tragic history of European empire-building - a powerful, wide-ranging book which is not only a history but also a significant contribution to an important contemporary political debate." Anthony Pagden, University of California, Los Angeles
Calgary Herald
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, 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 of the expansion of Europe is an important part of world history, it is not a history of the world per se. The focus on culture is used to assert that areas and peoples 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.
including its successor, the United States.
that lack great economic power at any given time also deserve attention. These alternative voices of slaves, indigenous peoples and critics of empire and colonization are an important and compelling element of the book.
Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. First Expansion: 1415-1517. 2. From the Reformation to English and French Settlements in the New World: 1517-1608. 3. The Relative Decline of Portugal and Spain: 1608-1713. 4. The Rise of Britain and France: 1713-1830. 5. High Imperialism: 1830-1914. 6. European Civil War and World Conflict: 1914-1945. 7. Decolonization or Neo-imperialism: 1945 to the Present. 8. Conclusion
Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
