The Dutch empire consisted almost entirely of Indonesia. Russian colonies were widely spread but were territorially continuous. to maintain correct proportions, these six empires will be described briefly, in two groups. The German, Belgium and Portuguese colonies fall together naturally, since they ...
Noun1.British Empire- a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Aus...
Indentured labour in the Dutch colonial empire, 1800-1940This chapter sheds light on extant empirical evidence on indentured labour migrations within the Dutch empire from circa 1800 until 1940. It discusses the concept of indenture and the Javanese precursors of the eventual indentured labour system....
AN important statement on the future of the British Colonial Empire was made in the House of Commons on July 13 by Colonel Oliver Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Colonel Stanley said that the foundations of political responsibility in the Colonies must be based on the twin ...
1972年,基于他的博士论文,帕克出版了第一本著作《佛兰德斯军队与西班牙之路。1567-1659 年低地国家战争中西班牙胜败的后勤保障》,[2]这本书试图解释为何西班牙——那个时代唯一的西方霸权(superpower)——没能成功镇压尼德兰起义(The Dutch Revolt)。五年后,帕克完成了《尼德兰起义》(The Dutch Revolt),在前言中他...
On the eve of World War I, Britain was the largest colonial empire the world had ever seen. It controlled about a quarter of the world's landmass. The British boasted that they had “an empire on which the sun never set". 在第一次世界大战前夕,英国是世界上最大的殖民帝国。它控制着世界...
THE development of British Colonial territories is not least among the problems which are already laying claim to the funds of human energy and economic material resources which will be at our disposal during the reconstruction period. An increasingly keen discussion of Colonial policy, both in ...
Germany, officially the German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), is a country in Central Europe. A parliamentary constitutional monarchy composed of twenty-seven constituent states ruled by the Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty, the Empire is considered by m
Among her many honors were the Irish PEN Award for lifetime achievement in 2001 and the Ulysses Medal byUniversity College Dublinin 2006. In 2018 O’Brien received thePEN/Nabokov Award, which recognizes achievement in internationalliterature, and she was made aDame of the British Empire. In 2021...