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Product Identifiers
PublisherLongman Publishing Group
ISBN-100673992292
ISBN-139780673992291
eBay Product ID (ePID)856717
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameColonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCivilization, Imperialism, World / General, General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorScott B. Cook
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN95-020933
Table Of Content1. The Last Wave: Europe's Conquest of Africa, 1880-1900. 2. The Heart of Imperial Darkness: King Leopold's Congo. 3. Patterns and Contexts: Colonizing Technologies. 4. Islands of Manifest Destiny: America in Hawaii. 5. Patterns and Contexts: Imperial Diasporas. 6. Imperium et Libertas: Conflicting Ideologies in British India, 1875-1900. 7. Patterns and Contexts: Women as Colonizers and Colonized. Conclusion. Glossary. Index.
SynopsisColonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism is the first book in the Longman World History Series, edited by Michael Adas. This title examines the world-transforming experience of Western imperialism during the period from 1870 to 1914. Case studies focus specifically on Belgium and the Congo, Hawaii and the United States, and India and Britain and examine the experiences of both colonizers and colonized, men and women, elite officials and faceless laborers., Colonial Encounters in the Age of High Imperialism is the first book in the Longman World History Series , edited by Michael Adas. This title examines the world-transforming experience of Western imperialism during the period from 1870 to 1914. Case studies focus specifically on Belgium and the Congo, Hawaii and the United States, and India and Britain and examine the experiences of both colonizers and colonized, men and women, elite officials and faceless laborers.