Possessing the World: Taking the Measurements of Colonisation from the 18th to the 20th Century: 6 (European Expansion & Global Interaction, 6) - Tapa dura

"Etemad's work is refreshing...Controversial and difficult as [it] may be, his approach and efforts at working cautiously through available data to propose findings that make imperative the rethinking of a historiography is reason enough to make this book a valuable addition to the comparative studies of colonialism and world history." - Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History "Since the publication of [the French edition], Bouda Et mad's book has remained an insider tip...The English version, one can only hope, will awake it from its slumber...Et mad's greatest achievement lies in his attempt to prove colonial military history with figures....The human costs of invasion and colonization...can be discussed more comprensively on the basis of this book." - Historische Zeitschrift ..".historians will be grateful for the hard work that Et mad has done....Some books are made to be read. This one is meant to be consulted, judiciously, by historians seeking specific statistical information. As such, it is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the European colonial empires." - Journal of World History ..".this book represents a valiant attempt to bring quantitative methodology to a statistically slippery and emotively complex subject, and serves as a very useful corrective to technological determinism in explaining European colonialism." - H-Net Reviews