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The Colonial Empires

A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century

  • Textbook
  • © 1965

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Authors:
  1. D. K. Fieldhouse

    1. Cambridge University, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Colonial Empires before 1815

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: The First Expansion of Europe

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      Pages 3-10

    3. The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America

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      Pages 11-33

    4. The French and Dutch Empires in America

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      Pages 34-54

    5. The British Empire, 1700–1815

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      Pages 55-83

    6. Myths and Realities of the American Empires

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      Pages 84-99

    7. The Disintegration of the American Empires

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      Pages 100-125

    8. Europeans in Africa before 1815

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      Pages 126-137

    9. Europeans in the East before 1815

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      Pages 138-173

  3. The Colonial Empires after 1815

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. The Second Expansion of Europe 1815–82

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      Pages 177-206

    3. Expansion, Partition and Redivision, 1883–1939

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      Pages 207-241

    4. The British Empire after 1815: I

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      Pages 242-270

    5. The British Empire after 1815: II

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      Pages 271-302

    6. The French Colonial Empire after 1815

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      Pages 303-324

    7. The Dutch, Russian and United States Colonial Empires

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      Pages 325-348

    8. The Portuguese, Belgian and German Colonial Empires

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      Pages 349-371

    9. Myths and Realities of the Modern Colonial Empires

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      Pages 372-394

    10. Epilogue: Decolonization and After, 1945–81

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      Pages 395-428
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About this book

Fieldhouse's magisterial over-view ... a genuinely comparative work ... It marks a real contribution to the possibility of coping with modern world history.' The Times Education Supplement

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cambridge University, UK

    D. K. Fieldhouse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Colonial Empires

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century

  • Authors: D. K. Fieldhouse

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06338-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 476

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Imperialism and Colonialism

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