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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Imperialism and Technology 1
5. Chapter 1. The Discovery of the Oceans, to 1779 11
6. Chapter 2. Eastern Ocean Empires, 1497–1700 59
7. Chapter 3. Horses, Diseases, and the Conquest of the Americas, 1492–1849 95
8. Chapter 4. The Limits of the Old Imperialism: Africa and Asia to 1859 139
9. Chapter 5. Steamboat Imperialism, 1807–1898 177
10. Chapter 6. Health, Medicine, and the New Imperialism, 1830–1914 226
11. Chapter 7. Weapons and Colonial Wars, 1830–1914 257
12. Chapter 8. The Age of Air Control, 1911–1936 302
13. Chapter 9. The Decline of Air Control, 1946–2007 334
14. Conclusion. Technology and Imperialism Redux 370
15. Notes 373
16. For Further Reading 375
17. Index 381