CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction: Why Empires Matter in the Age of the Nation-State 1
7. One. 1852 and the Afterlife of Revolutions 25
8. Two. The Experimental Grounds of New Imperialism 53
9. Three. In Search of New Frontiers 87
10. Four. Versailles and the Birth of the Geopolitical Age 118
11. Five. Rural Development and Its Discontents 145
12. Six. The Devil’s Handwriting 176
13. Seven. Cold War New Empires 209
14. Epilogue 240
15. Notes 247
16. List of Archives and Libraries Consulted 283
17. Index 287