1st Edition
The First Imperial Age European Overseas Expansion 1500-1715
By Geoffrey V. Scammell
Copyright 1989
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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The First Imperial Age explores with subtlety and vigour the origins of Europe's rise to world hegemony in the early modern period, in a survey which brings together a huge range of Geoffrey Scammell's own and other recent research. After a slow start in the 1400s, the pace of European exploration and discovery quickened dramatically. By the end of the period, Europeans in pursuit of Asia and the... Read more
Introduction 1 The Imperial beginnings 2 Motives, ideals, ambitions 3 The roots of empire 4 Exploitation 5 Imperial and colonial government 6 Colonial society 7 The fruits of empire 8 Conclusion Index
Biography
Geoffrey V. Scammell
` ... is unquestionably an outstanding syntheses, that will be read with pleasure & profit by anyone with an interest in that enormously important & consequential phenomenon in world history - the expansion of Europe.' - Indica
` ... an excellent reference book.' - Bulletine
