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  2. Imperialism - Wikipedia

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    Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism). Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

  3. Timeline of European imperialism - Wikipedia

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    The roots of French imperialism in Eastern Asia (1967). Darby, Phillip. Three Faces of Imperialism: British and American Approaches to Asia and Africa, 1870-1970 (1987) Davis, Clarence B. "Financing Imperialism: British and American Bankers as Vectors of Imperial Expansion in China, 1908–1920." Business History Review 56.02 (1982): 236–264.

  4. Theories of imperialism - Wikipedia

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    Lenin's argument differs from previous writers in that rather than viewing imperialism as a distinct policy of certain countries and states (as Bukharin had done, for example), [59] he saw imperialism as a new historical stage in capitalist development, and all imperialist policies were simply characteristic of this stage. The progression into ...

  5. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [8]

  6. History of colonialism - Wikipedia

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    Colonial powers and their expansion since 1492. Some commentators identify three waves of European colonialism. [2]The two main countries in the first wave of European colonialism were Portugal and Spain. [3]

  7. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, imperialism is the highest (advanced) stage of capitalism, requiring monopolies to exploit labour and natural resources, and the exportation of finance capital, rather than manufactured goods, to sustain colonialism, which is an integral function of imperialism.

  8. American imperialism - Wikipedia

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    American imperialism is the expansion of American political, ... For example, the Arkansas firm ... professor of history at UCLA, ...

  9. Colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and one of the first colonial empires [6] [7] under the leadership of Henry the Navigator.The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories distributed across the globe (especially at one time in the 16th century) that are now parts of 60 different sovereign states.