Colonialism : An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia [3 Volumes]

This 3-volume set is the most exhaustive reference work available on this critical subject in world history, focusing on the politics, economy, culture, and society of both colonizers and colonized. Crisis in Afghanistan. War in the Balkans. Famine in Africa. To understand today's trouble spots is to understand colonialism's legacy. For half a millennium, virtually the entire world came under the sway of empire. Critical to the rise of capitalism and even democracy, colonialism also sowed the seeds of poverty and instability around the globe. "The history of the last 500 years is the history of imperialism," writes editor Melvin Page. In the Americas, as a result of imperialist conquest, disease, famine, and war nearly wiped out a population estimated in the tens of millions. Africa was devastated by the slave trade, an integral part of imperialism from the 1400s to the 1800s. In Asia, even though native populations survived, native political institutions were destroyed. Imperialism also forged the two most important ideologies of the last five centuries—racialism and modern nationalism. In more than 600 essays presented in this three-volume encyclopedia, Page and other leading scholars—historians, political scientists, economists, and sociologists—analyze the origins of imperialism, the many forms it took, and its impact worldwide. They also explore imperialism's bitter legacy: the gross inequities of global wealth and power that divide the former conquerors -- primarily Europe, the United States, and Japan -- from the people they conquered. - Publisher. Colonialism......Page 1 Contents......Page 10 Maps......Page 20 Preface......Page 22 A......Page 26 B......Page 70 C......Page 116 D......Page 184 E......Page 204 F......Page 228 G......Page 252 H......Page 272 I......Page 296 J......Page 320 K......Page 334 L......Page 350 M......Page 384 N......Page 426 O......Page 462 P......Page 474 Q......Page 514 R......Page 516 S......Page 540 T......Page 594 U......Page 624 V......Page 634 W......Page 644 X......Page 664 Y......Page 666 Z......Page 668 Chronologies......Page 672 Austro-Hungarian Empire......Page 858 Belgian Empire......Page 870 British Empire......Page 878 Dutch Empire......Page 964 French Empire......Page 972 German Empire......Page 996 International......Page 1010 Italian Empire......Page 1078 Japanese Empire......Page 1080 Ottoman Empire......Page 1096 Russian Empire......Page 1130 Spanish Empire......Page 1132 U.S. Empire......Page 1152 Index......Page 1182 A comprehensive reference on colonialism focuses on the politics, economy, culture, and society of both colonizers and colonized, and features nearly 600 entries from an international team of academic experts, along with extensive chronologies of 15 modern empires History from 1500 to 2001 has been dominated by colonialism and decolonization. No single subject offers deeper insight into the meeting of East and West. This is a thorough examination of the politics, economy, culture and society of both colonizers and colonized V.1. A-m -- V.2. N-z -- V.3. Documents. Melvin E. Page, General Editor : Penny M. Sonnenburg, Assistant Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. v. 1. A-M v. 2. N-Z v. 3. Documents.