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Название: The European Seaborne Empires: From the Thirty Years’ War to the Age of Revolutions Автор: Gabriel Paquette Издательство: Yale University Press Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 312 Размер: 10 Mb Язык: English
An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to examine their development, from efficacious forms of governance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic, and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe’s globe?spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers.
Colonial Empires and Armies, 1815-1960 Автор: Kiernan, V. G. Название: Colonial Empires and Armies, 1815-1960 Издательство: McGill-Queen’s University Press Год: 1998 Формат: PDF Страниц:...