Author : Gabriel Paquette
Release : 2019-05-28
Genre : History
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The European Seaborne Empires - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The European Seaborne Empires write by Gabriel Paquette. This book was released on 2019-05-28. The European Seaborne Empires available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to examine their development, from efficacious forms of governance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic, and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe’s globe-spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers.