{"product_id":"the-dynamics-of-global-dominance-european-overseas-empires-14151980","title":"The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires  1415-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries Europeans ruled vast portions of the world  as inhabitants of west European countries sailed to distant continents and took possession of territories whose societies and economies they set out to change. How and why did these farflung empires form  persist  and finally fall? David Abernethy addresses these questions in this magisterial survey of the rise and decline of European overseas empires.  Abernethy identifies broad patterns across time and space  interweaving them with fascinating details of cross-cultural encounters. He argues that relatively autonomous profit-making  religious  and governmental institutions enabled west European countries to launch triple assaults on other societies. Indigenous people also played a role in their eventual subjugation by inviting Europeans to intervene in their power struggles. Abernethy finds that imperial decline was often the unanticipated result of wars among major powers. Postwar crises over colonies unmet expectations empowered movements that eventually took territories as diverse as the thirteen British North American colonies  Spains South American possessions  India  the Dutch East Indies  Vietnam  and the Gold Coast to independence.  In advancing a theory of imperialism that includes European and non-European actors  and in analyzing economic  social  and cultural as well as political dimensions of empire  Abernethy helps account for Europes long occupation of global center stage. He also sheds light on key features of todays postcolonial world and the legacies of empire  concluding with an insightful approach to the moral evaluation of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959995265077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300093144","price":44.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300093148.jpg?v=1770462608","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dynamics-of-global-dominance-european-overseas-empires-14151980","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}