The story of the empires of the peoples of Europe begins in ancient Greece.
An edition of Peoples and empires
(2001)
Peoples and empires
a short history of European migration, exploration, and conquest, from Greece to the present
Modern Library pbk. ed.
by Anthony Pagden
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"Anthony Pagden tells the story of the great empires of the West, from the days of Alexander the Great and Rome to the fall of Europe's colonial system after World War II.".
"Peoples and Empires explains how Europe's great colonial enterprises exploded across the world at the time and in the manner that they did, connects them in a mosaic of cause and effect, teases out their similarities and significant differences, and follows the waxing and waning tides of their fortunes.
Pagden assesses how Europe made sense of the "New World"; how it integrated slavery into its economic framework and to what ends; and how, again and again, it found new ways of convincing itself that subjecting other peoples to its rule was an act of great generosity and kindness. Finally, he shows how the Age of Empire, at least as traditionally understood, came to an end, leaving conquerors and subjects changed beyond all recognition."--BOOK JACKET.
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History, Civilization, Migrations of nations, Historia, Germanic peoples, Emigration and immigration, Pueblos germánicos, Civilización, Emigración e inmigración, Migración de pueblos, World history, Europeans, Rome, history, germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuriesPlaces
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Peoples and empires: a short history of European migration, exploration, and conquest, from Greece to the present
2003, Modern Library
in English
- Modern Library pbk. ed.
0812967615 9780812967616
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Peoples and Empires: A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present (Modern Library Chronicles)
April 24, 2001, Modern Library
Hardcover
in English
0679640967 9780679640967
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-205) and index.
"A Modern Library chronicles book."
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