The nineteenth century was Europe's colonial century. At the beginning of the period, the only colonial empire that existed was the British Empire. By the end o

Discusses colonies before 1815 including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British colonies in the Americas and the events leading to their disolution. Th

This volume provides a multidimensional assessment of the diverse ends of the European colonial empires, addressing different geographies, taking into account d

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.

Decolonization is the term commonly used to refer to this transition from a world of colonial empires to a world of nation-states in the years after World War I