Empires : Europe and globalization, 1492-1788 / George Raudzens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raudzens, George, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Colonies.

Europe--Colonies.

Europe.

Europe--History--1492-1648.

History.

Europe--History--1648-1789.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud, Gloucestershire [England] : Sutton, 1999.

Summary:

This first -- and only -- account of the main events and interpretations of globalization between Columbus and the settlement of Australia, considers the psychological and economic imperatives which created the great empires of Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Great Britain. The theme of globalization becomes increasingly relevant as the consequences of these initiatives become globally evident. Empires provides a pathway through much recent writing on Europe's imperial past, rejecting polarised views of imperialist protagonists as either civilizing agents or criminals against humanity and proposing a balanced -- if not entirely benign -- view of European expansion in terms of planetary integration rather than colonization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-202) and index.

ISBN:

0750919868

OCLC:

44769203