Colonialism : a theoretical overview /
"This highly acclaimed book represents a new approach to colonialism. Concise but sweeping, it encompasses the processes of colonization and decolonization from the early modern period to the twentieth century. Virtually all other authors to date have looked at strategies of colonial conquest,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Published: | Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers ; Kingston : Ian Randle Publishers, [1997] ©1997 |
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| Summary: | "This highly acclaimed book represents a new approach to colonialism. Concise but sweeping, it encompasses the processes of colonization and decolonization from the early modern period to the twentieth century. Virtually all other authors to date have looked at strategies of colonial conquest, exploitation, and rule from the imperial point of view. Osterhammel shows that the colonial situation developed in ways that duplicated neither the metropolis nor the pre-colonial society, but instead blended these and added a new direction characteristic only of colonial realms. Osterhammel emphasizes that the Europeans were normally not considered dangerous invaders by local population until they threatened the traditional cultures with missionaries, European schools, and bureaucracy. A conviction of imperial cultural superiority gave modern colonialism an aggressive turn. The result was ethnic and social stratification in the colonial society, even when colonialists took over the pre-colonial administration and society as the British did in India."--Back cover |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Kolonialismus. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-141) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781558761292 1558761292 9781558761308 1558761306 9789768123176 9768123176 |
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