Project Gutenberg 2003-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 118 Muir, Ramsay 1872 1941 Muir, John Ramsey Bryce The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History" by Ramsay Muir is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the imperial expansion of European powers and its implications on global politics, particularly focusing on the British Empire and its interactions with other nations and cultures. The opening of the book outlines Muir's two main objectives: first, to summarize the historical context of imperialism and its impact on world affairs, and second, to analyze the underlying political ideas that emerged from Western imperialism. Muir emphasizes the importance of understanding the differing conceptions of empire—one rooted in domination and the other in trusteeship—as vital to comprehending the historical dynamics of European expansion. He acknowledges the complexities of imperial endeavors, highlighting the various motives behind them, including national pride, commercial interests, missionary zeal, and population pressures. Muir's insights set the stage for a detailed exploration of the historical themes that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Colonization -- History World politics Europe -- History -- 1492- D Text Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) 473560 2025-07-02T10:30:59.927701 text/html 465167 2020-12-27T22:45:21 text/html 258028 2025-07-02T10:31:07.793726 application/epub+zip 263893 2025-07-02T10:31:03.254713 application/epub+zip 230566 2025-07-02T10:31:02.052736 application/epub+zip 520171 2025-07-02T10:31:11.158701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504520 2025-07-02T10:31:06.989719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448883 2022-09-02T14:08:31.697537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458405 2025-07-02T10:30:59.481762 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 458236 2020-12-27T22:45:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19034 2025-07-02T10:31:11.290652 application/rdf+xml 21353 2025-07-02T10:31:02.572730 image/jpeg 4580 2025-07-02T10:31:02.305708 image/jpeg 164683 2020-12-27T22:45:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 162871 2020-12-27T22:45:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 253548 2025-07-02T10:30:59.964715 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia