Imperialism and Colonialism Essays on the History of European Expansion

Subjects:

• History » European History (General)
• Multicultural Studies » European Studies

Reviews:

• This book is a collection of some of Wesseling's more important articles, revealing a great versatility, broad interests, and the application of a strong conceputal understanding of the forces leading to European expansion and the study of it.
  —The International History Review
• Wesseling's observations are thought provoking....the ideas that Wesseling presents...provide useful, broad analyses for students of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century imperialism. This book should be a welcome addition to the library of any scholar of European expansion.
  —The Historian
• Wesseling's ideas are always interesting, and he presents them with both clarity and verve.
  —Journal of African History

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Colonialism
• Colonial Wars: An Introduction
• Colonial Wars and Armed Peace, 1871-1914: A Reconnaissance
• Knowledge Is Power: Some Remarks on Colonialism and Science
• The Netherlands as a Colonial Model
• Imperialism
• The Debate on French Imperialism, 1960-1975
• The Giant That Was a Dwarf or: The Strange Case of Dutch Imperialism
• The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885: Myths and Realities
• The Netherlands and the Partition of Africa
• Decolonialization and After
• Toward a History of Decolonialization
• Post-Imperial Holland
• Overseas History, 1945-1995
• Overseas History in the Netherlands after the Second World War
• Notes
• Index