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A Book Report On "The Tools of Empire"
A review of Daniel R. Headrick's, "The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century."
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| 1,000 words
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| 2009
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on Dec 01, 2009
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History
(European - 19th century)
, Literature
(General)
, European Studies
(General)
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The paper explores Headrick's argument, his key ideas, the sources he uses to substantiate his claims, any insight that Headrick offers for imperial purposes of the age, and whether or not his argument is actually convincing. In the end, the paper shows how Headrick's argument is convincing because of the vast array of sources he consults and because he carefully explicates how technology made conquest too easy an opportunity to pass up.
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"The following paper is a brief book review of Daniel R. Headrick's, "The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century". This paper explores Headrick's argument, his key ideas, the sources he uses to substantiate his claims, any insight that Headrick offers for imperial purposes of the age, and whether or not his argument is actually convincing. In the end, Headrick's argument is convincing because of the vast array of sources he consults and because he carefully explicates how technology made conquest too easy an opportunity to pass up."Cite this Book Review:
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A Book Report On "The Tools of Empire" (2009, December 01)
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"A Book Report On "The Tools of Empire"" 01 December 2009.
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