02763nam 2200613Ia 450 991081460690332120230314213938.00-8166-8206-20-8166-1309-5(CKB)1000000000479266(EBL)316609(OCoLC)182732732(SSID)ssj0000263894(PQKBManifestationID)11205184(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263894(PQKBWorkID)10283373(PQKB)11579142(MiAaPQ)EBC316609(OCoLC)230204765(MdBmJHUP)muse39979(Au-PeEL)EBL316609(CaPaEBR)ebr10194339(CaONFJC)MIL525971(OCoLC)437191373(EXLCZ)99100000000047926619840829h19851985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUncertain dimensions western overseas empires in the twentieth century /Raymond F. BettsMinneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,1985.©19851 online resource (xv, 263 pages) illustrationsEurope and the world in the Age of Expansion ;v. 100-8166-1308-7 Includes bibliography and index.Contents; Introduction: The Setting; Chapter 1 Empires at War; Chapter 2 Colonial Rule and Administration; Chapter 3 Imperial Designs: Technology and Economic Development; Chapter 4 Colonial Cities; Chapter 5 Voices of Protest; Chapter 6 The End of Empire; Aftermath; Bibliographical Note; Notes; IndexUncertain Dimensions was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. World War I battered the Western imperial systems and destroyed one, that of Germany, but it did not sound the death knell of an empire. The ""scramble"" for overseas territory ha reached a virtual conclusion shortly before the war; afterwards, the main business of empire was to ensure a pax colonia: the often contradictory goals of a stable government andEurope and the world in the Age of Expansion ;10.ColoniesHistory20th centuryImperialismHistory20th centuryColoniesHistoryImperialismHistory325/.3/09Betts Raymond F242939MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814606903321Uncertain dimensions619196UNINA