Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. INTRODUCTION: INLANDS AND EMPIRES IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY 1
5. I ROUTES AND RESOURCES
6. 1 FRENCH IMPERIAL AMBITIONS AND THE AMERICAN INTERIOR IN THE ERA OF THE CHICKASAW WARS 29
7. 2 TRADING CHINA INTO A NEW ERA 62
8. 3 OPENING THE INTERIOR? 88
9. 4 CAPITALIST CONNECTIVITY, LABOR ISOLATION 116
10. 5 BROKEN HILL 140
11. II REALMS AND RESISTANCE
12. 6 THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP’S INLAND “CITY OF REFUGE” DURING THE EARLY AGE OF REVOLUTIONS 169
13. 7 RUSSIA’S INLAND EMPIRE 195
14. 8 IMPERIAL FUTURES ON THE ZAMBEZI 219
15. 9 UPRIVER AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS 255
16. 10 A “LIVE LABORATORY” OF NONCAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT 287
17. 11 THE DESERT LOCUST AND ITS ENEMIES 314
18. 12 THE TELL-TALE HEART 344
19. CONTRIBUTORS 365
20. INDEX 369