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The age of empires / edited by Robert Aldrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism--History.
- Imperialism.
- History.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Imperial overview / Robert Aldrich
- The Ottoman Empire : a resilient polity / Nicholas Doumanis
- Spain : the genealogy of modern colonialism / Josep Fradera
- Portugal : empire-building in the old world and the new / Jill Dias
- The Netherlands : a small country with imperial ambitions / Esther Captain, Guno Jones
- Scandinavia : an outsider in European imperialism / Knud J. V. Jespersen
- Britain : ruling the waves / Kirsten McKenzie
- France : empire and the mère-patrie / Jacques Frémeaux
- Russia : the two empires / Graeme Gill
- Austria-Hungary : the making of Central Europe / Walter Sauer
- Belgium : the single-colony empire / Jean-Luc Vellut
- Germany : the latecomer / Joachim Zeller
- Italy : the last empire / Irma Taddia
- The United States : empire as a way of life? / Frank Schumacher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0500251363
- 9780500251362
- OCLC:
- 154707171
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