Diversity and Empires Negotiating Plurality in European Imperial Projects from Early Modernity

Examining diversity as a fundamental reality of empire, this book explores European colonial empires, both terrestrial and maritime, to show how they addressed the questions of how to manage diversity. These questions range from the local to the supra-regional, and from the management of people to...

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Other Authors: Heijmans, Elisabeth (Editor), Rose, Sophie (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
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