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Imperialism and Colonialism: Essays on the History of European Expansion

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This work provides readers with a number of articles and essays on the general subject of European expansion. Part I discusses colonialism and contains two studies on colonial wars, an essay on the now hotly debated subject of the relationship between science and imperialism, and a study on the role the Netherlands played as a colonial model for such European powers as Britain, Germany, Belgium, and France. Part II contains an historical article about the debate on French imperialism, an essay on whether or not the Netherlands fits in with the general theory of imperialism, and two case studies on Africa. Part III discusses decolonization and its impact on the writing of European overseas history. Essays in this part include topics such as the first model to explain why decolonization took so many different forms, the consequences of the loss of empire for the Netherlands, and two essays which present an overview of the new trends in the writing of European overseas history after decolonization.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 1997

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H.L. Wesseling

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Hendrik Lodewijk (Henk) Wesseling studeerde geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Leiden. Van 1973 tot 2002 was hij aan deze universiteit hoogleraar Algemene Geschiedenis. Hij was tevens van 1995 tot 2002 rector van het NIAS in Wassenaar. Hij is lid van de KNAW, de Academia Europaea, de Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Parijs) en de Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Brussel). Samen met Wim van den Doel en Freddy Heineken ontwierp hij het plan Eurotopia.

Wesseling begeleidde kroonprins Willem-Alexander tijdens diens geschiedenisstudie aan de Leidse Universiteit. Daarnaast heeft hij diverse malen in verband met staatsbezoeken koningin Beatrix advies gegeven. Eind 2004 ontving Wesseling op het Paleis Huis ten Bosch van koningin Beatrix de 21-ste Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap van de Huisorde van Oranje. In 1996 hield Wesseling in Leiden de Huizingalezing onder de titel 'Zoekt Prof. Huizinga eigenlijk niet zichzelf? Huizinga en de geest van de jaren dertig'.

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