Imperialism : a history in documents /

Smith, Bonnie G., 1940-

Imperialism : a history in documents / Bonnie G. Smith. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000. - 175 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm. - Pages from history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168) and index.

What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Imperialism in the modern age -- On the brink of modern empire : Vital knowledge -- Mixed responses to Europeans -- The white peril -- Figuring out differences -- Freedom's ferment -- The "new world" remakes colonialism -- The Monroe doctrine -- Imperialism takes off : British aggression in Asia and the Middle East -- Grounds for conquest -- Newcomers join the race for empire -- Technology and economics : Plotting profit-making -- Voices of opportunity -- Devastation -- The clash of scientific cultures -- Imperial societies : Remaking the ruling class -- Imperializing local elites -- Social reforms -- New identities -- Imperial culture : Why others were not so good as the imperial powers -- Educating for inferiority -- Popular culture spreads imperial confidence -- Mixture -- Rivalry and resistance : Fighting back -- The great powers prepare to take more -- Predicting the end -- Challenging the west -- World War I : The race for empire and the race to war -- Broken promises -- Sensing change -- Remembering the colonial dead -- The torturous path toward liberation : Escalation -- Brewing and shaming -- Global mixture continues -- Fusion for liberation -- Epilogue.

Presents documents that provide many accounts from around the globe of imperialism.

0195108019 (lib. bdg.) 9780195108019 (lib. bdg.)

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Imperialism--History.

JC359 / .S775 2000

325/.32