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The Age of Empires Book

In 13 richly illustrated chapters on the Ottoman and European empires, this volume gives succinct and accessible overviews of imperialism as it was experienced in each 'home' country, focusing on the modes and ideology of colonial expansion and its repercussions. As well as major imperial powers, such as Spain, Britain and the Netherlands, the authors examine the less familiar colonial ambitions of Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Russia, and a final essay looks at 'the American way of empire'.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    The story of thirteen modern Empires, a story full of suspense, cruelty, conflict, heroism, great explorations and extraordinary feats of endurance, is here told with a rich profusion of illustrations drawn from a wide range of vivid, colourful, authentic sources. Now that the age of empires is fully over, it is possible for the first time to draw up a balance sheet of praise and blame.

  • Blackwell

    For more than five hundred years, from the Renaissance until the present, empires in one form or another have been a feature of the political landscape. They evoke the most potent of images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great...

  • ASDA

    Tells a story of thirteen modern Empires that is full of suspense cruelty conflict heroism great explorations and extraordinary feats of endurance with a profusion of illustrations drawn from a wide range of vivid sources.

  • 0500251363
  • 9780500251362
  • Robert Aldrich
  • 22 October 2007
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
  • 01
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