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Informationen zum Autor Robin A. Butlin is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include Geography and Imperialism, 1820-1940 (co-edited with M. Bell and M. Heffernan, 1995), Historical Geography: Through the Gates of Space and Time (1993), and, co-edited with R. A. Dodgshon, An Historical Geography of England and Wales (2nd edition 1990), and An Historical Geography of Europe (1998). Klappentext Comprehensive overview of how the major European imperial powers and indigenous populations experienced imperialism and colonisation from 1880 to 1960. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive overview of the ways in which individual European imperial powers and indigenous peoples experienced imperialism and colonisation in the period 1880–1960. In this richly-illustrated comparative account Robin Butlin explores the complex processes and discourses of colonialism, conquest and resistance from the height of empire through to decolonisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Geography, imperialism and colonialism: concepts and frameworks; 2. Chronologies, spaces and places; 3. Numbers and movements of people; 4. Patterns and shadows on the land; 5. Empire, exploration and geographical knowledge; 6. Geographical societies and imperialism; 7. The mapping of empires and colonies; 8. Geographies of the 'Civilizing Mission'; 9. Environmental interactions; 10. The arteries of empire: transport and communications; 11. Towns and cities; 12. Economic geographies of empire and colony; 13. The endings of empire: decolonization; 14. Conclusion.
