In the nineteenth century, European states conquered vast stretches of territory across the periphery of the international system. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that these conquests were the product of European military dominance or technological superiority. In c…
Conquest on the margins of the international state system cannot be adequately explained by military or technological superiority alone, this book claims, examining British conquest in Southern Africa, the Niger delta, and India in the 19th century as examples.
In the nineteenth century, European states conquered vast stretches of territory across the periphery of the international system. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that these conquests were the product of European military dominance or technological superiority. In c…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "In the nineteenth century, European states conquered vast stretches of territory across the periphery of the international system. Much of Asia and Africa fell to the armies of the European great powers, and by World War I, those armies controlled 40…
Conquest on the margins of the international state system cannot be adequately explained by military or technological superiority alone, this book claims, examining British conquest in Southern Africa, the Niger delta, and India in the 19th century as examples.
In the nineteenth century, European states conquered vast stretches of territory across the periphery of the international system. Much of Asia and Africa fell to the armies of the European great powers, and by World War I, those armies controlled 40 percent of the world's terri…