European Imperialism and the Third World

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of imperialism in Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, France, and the Great Britain. It focuses on the nature of the motives of necessity, utility, religious, and exploratory and the modus operandi of the establishment of the colonies which required substantial amount of capital.

Abdul Qayyum Khan is the author of Understanding Afghanistan, History, Politics and the Economy. He has published many articles in an international journal of Europe. He earned his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Colorado State University, USA, and received his Master's in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan. He has worked as a Project Director at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and New Mexico State University. He has also worked with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Introduction 1.The Muslims' Rule in Spain 2. Rise and Fall of Spain as an Imperial Power 3.The Portuguese Discoveries and Colonialization 4. The Conquests of the Dutch Companies of East India and West Indies 5. The Conquests of the French Company of the Indies 6. British Colonies in the Americas, Africa, and Australasia 7.The English East India Company Index