by Ashley Jackson (2009)
This title is a richly informative tour of the British Empire at its height, when its boundaries stretched from Cairo to Cape Town and from Winnipeg to Wagga-Wagga.
Jean-Christophe Demard
"Fascinating in-depth study from the historian of French immigration to Mexico. Using documentation drawn almost exclusively from French sources, author details a group that came to Mexico as early as 1826 and settled in Jicaltepec, Veracruz, because of its excellent location on the Nautla River. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Antonio-Miguel Bernal
Las naciones, como los imperios, son creaciones históricas, artificiales y, como tales, tienen fechas de origen y caducidad, pues con el tiempo todos terminan por desaparecer. El arranque de la construcción nacional del Estado moderno en España se hizo al unísono que la forja del Imperio. Una dimensión apenas explorada y que se aborda en este libro en términos de costes/beneficios bajo perspectivas económicas, políticas y sociales.
Jeremy Black
"Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important study of the first age of globalization. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. Focusing on Europe's impact on the world, Jeremy Black analyses European attitudes, exploration, trade and acquisition of knowledge. Stressing imperial defeats as well as victories, this book shows the vitality of non-European powers, and how the struggles during this period frequently involved cooperation between the great powers, as well as war. With an original approach that takes full notice of recent research, this book explores the differences between specific areas of European impact and also includes discussions on the impact of the outer world on the European imagination."--Jacket.
Elsbeth Locher-Scholten
"This book deals with the ambiguous relationship between Indonesian and European women and the colonial state in the former Netherlands Indies (or Dutch East Indies) between 1900 and 1942. How did women of different racial backgrounds relate to each other and to 'the colonial project'? How did the colonial state address women's issues? What were the constructions of gender which dominated the discourse on these issues?" "The content is based on new data from a variety of sources, such as censuses, colonial archives, rural labour reports, household manuals, children's fiction and Indonesian press surveys. An introductory essay combines the outcomes of the case studies and relates those to ongoing debates within the history of colonialism. The book thus provides the reader with new insights in the social dynamics of colonial society and politics in relation to gender."--Jacket.