The Age of Empires: Robert Aldrich - Softcover

 
9780500295496: The Age of Empires: Robert Aldrich
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500295492 ISBN 13: 9780500295496
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

For over five hundred years, empires have been a feature of the political landscape, and today, many contemporary conflicts resonate with issues tied to colonial conquest and the uneasy situations they produced. Empires evoke potent images: Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone, and the gallery of colonial explorers; the Spanish conquistadors’ quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East Indies. These legacies still pose major issues for historians who study their key role in the foundation of today’s global civilization.The Age of Empires

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Robert Aldrich is professor emeritus of history at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The Seduction of the Mediterranean, The Age of Empires, and Colonialism and Homosexuality, and the editor of Gay Life and Culture: A World History.

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The story of thirteen Empires, showing their key role in the foundation of today’s global civilization.

Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador’s quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East Indies. For over 500 years empires have been a feature of the political landscape and – a generation or more after the final collapse of most of the European Empires – the subject is still a major issue for historians.
For some countries – Germany and Italy – overseas dreams were short-lived; for others – the United States and the Soviet Union – imperialist activity existed but was never accepted as an official state policy; and the disappearance of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires has obscured some of the imperial dimensions of these states.
This book shows how the maps of explorations, the chronologies of conquests, the records of settlers and administrators, the balance sheets of commerce and all else that made up the Age of Empires play a key role in explaining the global civilization of today.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Imperial Overview • 1. The Ottoman Empire: A Diverse Society • 2. Spain: The Genealogy of Modern Colonialism • 3. Portugal Overseas: Asia and America • 4. The Enrichment of the Netherlands: Dutch Colonial Rule and Its Aftermath • 5. Scandinavia: An Outsider in European Imperialism • 6. Britain: The Empire of Good Intentions • 7. France: Empire and the Mère-Patrie • 8. The Two Russian Empires: Tsarist and Soviet • 9. The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Re-inventing Central Europe • 10. The Belgian Colonial Empire: Free State or ‘Heart of Darkness’? • 11. The German Empire as Colonial Power: The Latecomer • 12. Italy: The Last Empire • 13. The United States: Empire or Way of Life?

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500295492
ISBN 13 
9780500295496
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
351
Herausgeber
Aldrich Robert
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