Geographies of empire : European empires and colonies, c.1880-1960
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Bibliographic Information
Geographies of empire : European empires and colonies, c.1880-1960
(Cambridge studies in historical geography)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [621]-660) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How did the major European imperial powers and indigenous populations experience imperialism and colonisation in the period 1880-1960? In this richly-illustrated comparative account, Robin Butlin provides a comprehensive overview of the experiences of individual European imperial powers - British, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German and Italian - and the reactions of indigenous peoples. He explores the complex processes and discourses of colonialism, conquest and resistance from the height of empire through to decolonisation and sets these within the dynamics of the globalisation of political and economic power systems. He sheds new light on variations in the timing, nature and locations of European colonisations and on key themes such as exploration and geographical knowledge; maps and mapping; demographics; land seizure and environmental modification; transport and communications; and resistance and independence movements. In so doing, he makes a major contribution to our understanding of colonisation and the end of empire.
Table of Contents
- 1. Geography, imperialism and colonialism: concepts and frameworks
- 2. Chronologies, spaces and places
- 3. Numbers and movements of people
- 4. Patterns and shadows on the land
- 5. Empire, exploration and geographical knowledge
- 6. Geographical societies and imperialism
- 7. The mapping of empires and colonies
- 8. Geographies of the 'Civilizing Mission'
- 9. Environmental interactions
- 10. The arteries of empire: transport and communications
- 11. Towns and cities
- 12. Economic geographies of empire and colony
- 13. The endings of empire: decolonization
- 14. Conclusion.
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