TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Bonnie G. TI - Imperialism: a history in documents SN - 0195108019 (lib. bdg.) AV - JC359 .S643i 2000 U1 - 325/.32 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Imperialism KW - History KW - Sources N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 168) and index; What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Imperialism in the modern age -- On the brink of modern empire : Vital knowledge -- Mixed responses to Europeans -- The white peril -- Figuring out differences -- Freedom's ferment -- The "new world" remakes colonialism -- The Monroe doctrine -- Imperialism takes off : British aggression in Asia and the Middle East -- Grounds for conquest -- Newcomers join the race for empire -- Technology and economics : Plotting profit-making -- Voices of opportunity -- Devastation -- The clash of scientific cultures -- Imperial societies : Remaking the ruling class -- Imperializing local elites -- Social reforms -- New identities -- Imperial culture : Why others were not so good as the imperial powers -- Educating for inferiority -- Popular culture spreads imperial confidence -- Mixture -- Rivalry and resistance : Fighting back -- The great powers prepare to take more -- Predicting the end -- Challenging the west -- World War I : The race for empire and the race to war -- Broken promises -- Sensing change -- Remembering the colonial dead -- The torturous path toward liberation : Escalation -- Brewing and shaming -- Global mixture continues -- Fusion for liberation -- Epilogue UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00028552-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/00028552-b.html ER -