Article: Comparing Empires: European Colonialism from Portuguese Expansion to the Spanish-American War.(Book review)

Comparing Empires: European Colonialism from Portuguese Expansion to the Spanish-American War. By Jonathan Hart. (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003. Pp. vi, 192. $59.95.)

This study of Euro-American colonialism should be required reading for both statesmen and pundits. It is an excellent historical background for the problems that the United States faces in Iraq. In a truly informative introduction, Jonathan Hart states that his mission is to put "texts into context." He does so in ways that offer insights into the thought of historical epochs far different from our own that remain relevant today. The problems of cultural clashes and issues involving the ...

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