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Empires and colonies in the modern world, a global perspective, Heather Streets-Salter and Trevor Getz

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Empires and colonies in the modern world

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Heather Streets-Salter and Trevor Getz

a global perspective

"Empires and Colonies in the Modern World takes on world history 1450-present through the sweeping events and human experiences of empires, imperialism, and colonialism. More than just a history of one or more empires, this volume ties together all of the modern empires, and also considers the development of global commerce, shared ideas about race and gender, and the political development of the international system in which we live. It is more than just a narrative of events. Rather, it is a guide to major debates in the field: What is an empire? What were the global origins of sixteenth century European overseas empires? How and why did the 'new imperialism' happen? Are there empires in the world today? In exploring the answers to these questions, the book focuses not only on political and economic history but also on cultural and social history, with a particular eye to the lasting legacies of colonialism to be found in migration patterns, intellectual thought, ecology, consumption, and belief. An intellectual volume engaged with cutting-edge research, it is also an accessible chronicle that connects English Puritans, the Ottoman Empire, and the Qing Dynasty with American politics, struggles in the modern Middle East, and Chinese foreign policy today"--Provided by publisher

Timeline -- Introduction: Why define?; Empire; Imperialism; Colonialism; Global and modern; Looking ahead -- Part one. The rise of early modern empires, c.1350-1650 -- The forging of early modern empires -- Emerging imperialism and colonialism in early modern empires -- Intersecting empires in the Americas -- Part two. Atlantic and Asian empires in a global age, c. 1600-1830 -- The rise of the slave/plantation complex -- Colonial societies in the Atlantic world -- Asian land empires in a global age -- Part three. Informal empires, c.1810-1880 -- The Industrial Revolution and the era of informal imperialism -- Living the colonial experience -- Part four. The new imperialism, c. 1870-1930 -- Dividing the world -- Strategies of the colonized -- The sinews of the new imperialism -- Part five. The rise and fall of high imperialism, c. 1890-1975 -- Imperial projects and colonial petitions -- Imperial world wars -- Unraveling colonialism -- Part six. The world we live in, 1948 to today -- Cold War empires -- Imperialism now -- Glossary