Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-295) and index.
Contents
Colonies and colonialism -- The European Atlantic -- Europeans and Asians -- The Iberian Atlantic -- Plantation America and the African Atlantic -- New Europes on the North Atlantic and the first decolonisation -- New Europes in the southern hemisphere and the second decolonisation -- Continental imperialism -- Overseas imperialism in Asia -- Imperialism in Africa -- Late imperialism and the great decolonisation -- A balance-sheet of colonialism.