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100 1 _aMuir, Ramsay,
_d1872-1941
245 1 4 _aThe Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2003-08-01
508 _aProduced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines.
520 _a"The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History" by Ramsay Muir is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the imperial expansion of European powers and its implications on global politics, particularly focusing on the British Empire and its interactions with other nations and cultures. The opening of the book outlines Muir's two main objectives: first, to summarize the historical context of imperialism and its impact on world affairs, and second, to analyze the underlying political ideas that emerged from Western imperialism. Muir emphasizes the importance of understanding the differing conceptions of empire—one rooted in domination and the other in trusteeship—as vital to comprehending the historical dynamics of European expansion. He acknowledges the complexities of imperial endeavors, highlighting the various motives behind them, including national pride, commercial interests, missionary zeal, and population pressures. Muir's insights set the stage for a detailed exploration of the historical themes that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aColonization -- History
653 _aWorld politics
653 _aEurope -- History -- 1492-
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4326
999 _c46372
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