Comparing Empires - European Colonialism From Portuguese Expansion to Spanish American

Informationen zum Autor JONATHAN HART is the Director of the Institute for Renaissance Studies at the University of Edmonton, where he holds appointments in both English and History. Last year he was visiting Professor at Princeton University. He holds a joint Ph.D. in Literature and History, and has published widely on Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, and the development of European empires. Klappentext By consulting rare manuscripts! images! maps! and books! Jonathan Hart explores the relatively neglected empires of Portugal and the Netherlands to draw new conclusions about those of Spain! France! and England (as well as its successor the US). The book ranges from the Portuguese voyages to Africa to the Spanish-American War of 1898 and concentrates on the frictions and shifting rivalries among the empires. Zusammenfassung By consulting rare manuscripts, images, maps, and books, Jonathan Hart explores the relatively neglected empires of Portugal and the Netherlands to draw new conclusions about those of Spain, France, and England (as well as its successor the US). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Portugal and After Spain, England and France From Portugal to the United States

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Portugal and After Spain, England and France From Portugal to the United States

Produktdetails

• Autoren: J Hart, J. Hart
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349526642
• ISBN: 978-1-349-52664-2
• Seiten: 206
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; B, Literature, European History, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, History of the Americas, World Literature, North America (USA and Canada), Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, America—History, Europe—History—1492-, History of Early Modern Europe, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Postcolonial/World Literature, America—Literatures, North American Literature