Table Of ContentHistorical Dictionary
of
European Imperialism
Historical Dictionary
of
European Imperialism
James S. Olson,
EDITOR
Robert Shadle,
SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Ross Marlay
William G. Ratliff
Joseph M. Rowe, Jr.
GREENWOOD PRESS
New York * Westport, Connecticut * London
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Historical dictionary of European imperialism / James S. Olson, editor ;
Robert Shadle, senior associate editor ; associate editors, Ross
Marlay, William G. Ratliff, Joseph M. Rowe, Jr.
Pp. cm.
ISBN 0-313-26257-8 (alk. paper)
1. Europe—Colonies—History—Encyclopedias. 2. History, Modern—
Encyclopedias. 3. Europe—History—1492- —Encyclopedias.
1. Olson, James Stuart, 1946- . II. Shadle, Robert.
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CONTENTS
Contributors vii
Preface xi
HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
APPENDIX A: Languages of the Former European Colonies
and/or Spheres of Influence
Judith E. Olson 681
APPENDIX B: A Chronology of the European Empires 689
APPENDIX C: Ocean Island Groups of the World
J. Larry Murdock 71S
Sources 751
Index 753
CONTRIBUTORS
ERNEST ANDRADE, JR., is a member of the History Department at the University of
Colorado, Denver.
GARY M. BELL is a member of the Department of History at Sam Houston State
University, Huntsville, Texas.
CATHERINE A. BOEHM is currently a Fulbright Fellow conducting research in Great
Britain.
JAY O. BOEHM is currently a Fulbright Fellow and graduate student at the University
of Virginia.
PHILIP A. BUCKNER teaches history at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton,
New Brunswick, Canada.
MICHAEL DENNIS teaches history in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
in Houston, Texas.
BRUCE R. DRURY is a professor of political science at Lamar University in Beaumont,
Texas.
SAMUEL FREEMAN teaches political science at the University of Texas campus in
Edinburgh, Texas.
RONALD FRITZE is a historian at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
CATHERINE G. HARBOUR is a graduate student in history at Stephen F. Austin State
University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
CHARLES W. HARTWIG teaches political science at Arkansas State University at State
University, Arkansas.
BASCOM BARRY HAYES is a professor of history at Sam Houston State University
in Huntsville, Texas.
Viii Contributors
WILLIAM T. HAYNES is an associate professor of history at Sam Houston State Uni-
versity in Huntsville, Texas.
CRAIG HENDRICKS teaches history at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, Cal-
ifornia.
ARNOLD P. KAMINSKY teaches in the Asian Studies Program at California State
University, Long Beach, California.
ARTHUR J. KNOLL teaches at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
ERIC C. LOEW is a graduate student in history at Sam Houston State University in
Huntsville, Texas.
SAID EL MANSOUR CHERKAOUI is an adjunct professor of history at several colleges
in the San Francisco area.
ROSS MARLAY is a political scientist at Arkansas State University, State University,
Arkansas.
FRANK MAROTTI, JR., is a graduate student in the Department of History at the
University of Hawaii.
ALAIN G. MARSOT is a political scientist at California State University, Long Beach.
JOSEPH L. MICHAUD is a graduate student in history at Sam Houston State University
in Huntsville, Texas.
J. LARRY MURDOCK is head of government documents at Purdue University in West
Lafayette, Indiana.
LEE E. OLM is a historian at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
JAMES S. OLSON is a professor of history at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville,
Texas.
JUDITH E. OLSON is a graduate student in linguistics and ESL at Texas A & M
University in College Station, Texas.
CARLOS PEREZ is a graduate student in the history department of the University of
California at Berkeley.
ANITA PILLING teaches history at Willis High School in Willis, Texas.
AMANDA POLLOCK is a graduate student in the Department of History at Sam Houston
State University in Huntsville, Texas.
WILLIAM G. RATLIFF teaches history at California State University in Chico, Cali-
fornia.
VEULA J. RHODES teaches in the Department of History and Political Science at Albany
State College in Albany, Georgia.
RANDY ROBERTS is a historian at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
WILLIAM B. ROBISON teaches in the History Department of Southeastern Louisiana
University in Hammond, Louisiana.
JOSEPH M. ROWE, JR.., teaches history at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville,
Texas.
Contributors ix
PHILIPPE-JOSEPH SALAZAR is Professor of French Language and Literature at the
University of Cape Town in the Republic of South Africa.
JERRY PURVIS SANSON teaches history at Louisiana State University in Eunice,
Louisiana.
WILLIAM H. SCHNEIDER teaches history at Indiana University-Purdue University at
Indianapolis, Indiana.
ROBERT SHADLE is a historian at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
PETER T. SHERRILL teaches history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
Arkansas.
MARK R. SHULMAN teaches history at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
KAREN SLEEZER is a graduate student in the Department of History at Sam Houston
State University in Huntsville, Texas.
JOHN W. STOREY is a historian at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
WALTER A. SUTTON teaches history at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
ROY E. THOMAN is a political scientist at West Texas State University in Canyon,
Texas.
JUSTUS M. van der KROEF is a member of the Department of Political Science at the
University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
