In what way was the nineteenth century European notion of empire distinctive from earlier empires in world history?

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Civilization as a Unit of World History: Eurasia and Europe's Place in It

The History Teacher

Vol. 18, No. 3 (May, 1985)

, pp. 345-363 (19 pages)

Published By: Society for History Education

https://doi.org/10.2307/493055

https://www.jstor.org/stable/493055

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