The nineteenth century was Europe's colonial century. At the beginning of the period, the only colonial empire that existed was the British Empire. By the end o

This volume provides a multidimensional assessment of the diverse ends of the European colonial empires, addressing different geographies, taking into account d

A comprehensive account of how Europeans have used violence to conquer, coerce and police in pursuit of imperialism and colonial settlement

Discusses colonies before 1815 including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British colonies in the Americas and the events leading to their disolution. Th

Decolonization is the term commonly used to refer to this transition from a world of colonial empires to a world of nation-states in the years after World War I