Название: The European Colonial Empires: 1815-1919
Автор: H. L. Wesseling
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 0582095514
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 3,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
The nineteenth century was Europe's colonial century. At the beginning of the period, the only colonial empire that existed was the British Empire. By the end of the century the situation was completely different and Europe's colonial possessions had come to constitutea large part of the world. The French had acquired an immense colonial empire and the Dutch had extended their control over Indonesia. Germany and Italy, unified only in the latter half of the century, had claimed their place under the sun. Even the tiny Kingdom of Belgium had acquired a huge colonial territory in Africa: the Belgian Congo.
This is the first book to describe the whole process of colonization from conquest to pacification, and to analyze it in the light of administrative, cultural and economic developments.