UID:
almafu_9961151269602883
Format:
1 online resource (307 pages)
ISBN:
0-300-24527-0
Content:
An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to examine their development, from efficacious forms of governance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic, and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe's globe-spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. Definitions of "Empire" and Approaches to the Study of Its History --
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2. Western Europe in a World of Empires --
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3. The First Seaborne Empires: Portugal, Spain, and the Wider World before 1600 --
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4. The Challenge to Iberian Dominance: The Rise of Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic as Competitor Imperial States after 1600 --
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5. Consolidation, Conflict, and Reform in the Long Eighteenth Century --
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6. Law, Governance, and Institutional Frameworks --
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7. The Political Economy of Empire and Its Consequences --
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8. Imperial Migrations: Coerced, Forced, and "Free" --
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9. Labor Regimes --
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10. Creole Societies, Mestizaje, and the Regulation of Hybridity --
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11. Collaboration, Resistance, and the Fortunes of Empire --
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12. The Age of Revolutions --
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Epilogue: Continuities and Disjunctures --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-20515-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300245271
