The Colonial Empires: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: The First Expansion of Europe....Pages 3-10
The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America....Pages 11-33
The French and Dutch Empires in America....Pages 34-54
The British Empire, 1700–1815....Pages 55-83
Myths and Realities of the American Empires....Pages 84-99
The Disintegration of the American Empires....Pages 100-125
Europeans in Africa before 1815....Pages 126-137
Europeans in the East before 1815....Pages 138-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
The Second Expansion of Europe 1815–82....Pages 177-206
Expansion, Partition and Redivision, 1883–1939....Pages 207-241
The British Empire after 1815: I....Pages 242-270
The British Empire after 1815: II....Pages 271-302
The French Colonial Empire after 1815....Pages 303-324
The Dutch, Russian and United States Colonial Empires....Pages 325-348
The Portuguese, Belgian and German Colonial Empires....Pages 349-371
Myths and Realities of the Modern Colonial Empires....Pages 372-394
Epilogue: Decolonization and After, 1945–81....Pages 395-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-476