Descript |
x, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
The discovery of the oceans, to 1779 -- Eastern ocean empires, 1497-1700 -- Horses, diseases, and the conquest of the Americas, 1492-1849 -- The limits of the old imperialism: Africa and Asia to 1859 -- Steamboat imperialism, 1807-1898 -- Health, medicine, and the new imperialism, 1830-1914 -- Weapons and colonial wars, 1830-1914 -- The age of air control, 1911-1936 -- The decline of air control, 1946-2007. |
ISBN |
9780691154329 (pbk.) |
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9780691139333 |
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0691139334 |
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0691154325 |
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