The tools of empire : technology and European imperialism in the nineteenth century /
| Основен автор: | Headrick, Daniel R. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1981.
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Съдържание:
- Introduction : Technology, imperialism, and history
- Part 1 : Steamboats and quinine, tools of penetration. Secret gunboats of the East India Company
- The Nemesis in China
- Malaria, quinine, and the penetration of Africa
- Part 2 : Guns and conquests. Weapons and colonial wars of the early nineteenth century
- The breechloader revolution
- African arms
- Arms gap and colonial confrontations
- Part 3 : The communications revolution. Steam and the overland route to India
- The emergence of efficient steamships
- The Suez Canal
- The submarine cable
- The global thalassocracies
- The railroads of India
- African transportation : dreams and realities
- The legacy of technological imperialism.