Imperialism and Colonialism
Essays on the History of European Expansion
Published on 30. July 1997
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-313-30431-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work provides readers with a number of articles and essays on the general subject of European expansion. Part I discusses colonialism and contains two studies on colonial wars, an essay on the now hotly debated subject of the relationship between science and imperialism, and a study on the role the Netherlands played as a colonial model for such European powers as Britain, Germany, Belgium, and France. Part II contains an historical article about the debate on French imperialism, an essay on whether or not the Netherlands fits in with the general theory of imperialism, and two case studies on Africa. Part III discusses decolonization and its impact on the writing of European overseas history. Essays in this part include topics such as the first model to explain why decolonization took so many different forms, the consequences of the loss of empire for the Netherlands, and two essays which present an overview of the new trends in the writing of European overseas history after decolonization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30431-6 (9780313304316)
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Person
H. L. WESSELING is Professor of General History at the University of Leiden and Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study at Wassenaar. Previously he was the Director of the Centre for the History of European Expansion at Leiden (1975-1995). Dr. Wesseling is the author of Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 (Praeger, 1996), which has been translated into three languages.
Content
Preface Colonialism Colonial Wars: An Introduction Colonial Wars and Armed Peace, 1871-1914: A Reconnaissance Knowledge Is Power: Some Remarks on Colonialism and Science The Netherlands as a Colonial Model Imperialism The Debate on French Imperialism, 1960-1975 The Giant That Was a Dwarf or: The Strange Case of Dutch Imperialism The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885: Myths and Realities The Netherlands and the Partition of Africa Decolonialization and After Toward a History of Decolonialization Post-Imperial Holland Overseas History, 1945-1995 Overseas History in the Netherlands after the Second World War Notes Index