CONTENTS

Prefatory note    HEATHER KIERNAN

A tribute to Victor Kiernan    ERIC HOBSBAWM

Foreword    JOHN TRUMPBOUR

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the 1995 edition

  1  Introduction

  2  India

  3  Other Colonies in Asia

  4  The Islamic World

  5  The Far East

  6  Africa

  7  The South Seas

  8  Latin America

  9  Conclusion

Index