Europe and its Empires

TITLE
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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The CLIOHRES Network of Excellence......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
The New Age of Imperialism: British andSouth African Perspectives by Saul Dubow......Page 17
"Classical Legacy and Imperial Ideal in the Early Renaissance: the Artistic Patronage of Alfonso V the Magnanimous" by Amadeo Serra Desfilis......Page 33
Within Two Imperial Systems: Hungar yand the British Colonies in North AmericaCompared in the Writings of GergelyBerzeviczy (1763-1822) by Csaba Lévai......Page 47
The Russian Empire: Main Features andParticularities by Victor N. Zakharov......Page 63
The Danish Empire: The Special Case of Iceland by Anna Agnarsdóttir......Page 75
"Notions of Empire: Anglo-French Rivalryin the Newfoundland Fisheries in the18th Century" by Mark Williams......Page 101
"Belgium’s Expansionist History between1870 and 1930: Imperialism and theGlobalisation of Belgian Business" by Jan-Frederik Abbeloos......Page 121
"Environment and Empire: a Major Theme in World Environmental History" by Vinita Damodaran......Page 145
"The End of the Imperial Track: Factors Retarding the Destruction of the Big Game of Zululand" by Donal P. McCracken......Page 157
"Turbans or Top Hats? Indenture, Indian Interpreters and Empire: Natal, 1880-1910" by Prinisha Badassy......Page 173
"Ángel Ganivet and the Crisis in the Idea of the Spanish Empire" by María Jesús Cava Mesa......Page 195
Notes on Contributors......Page 215
Index......Page 219
Publications of the CLIOHRES Network of Excellence......Page 231