Possessing the World
Author | : Bouda Etemad |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781845453381 |
ISBN-13 | : 1845453387 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Possessing the World written by Bouda Etemad and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an impressive body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. From the beginning of European expansion the question was posed: what were the "empire tools" that gave Europe its military superiority, even before the industrial revolution? What was it that enabled Europeans to withstand life-threatening tropical diseases and to control indigenous populations? This book gives a fresh and wide-ranging view of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan.