The division of the world : on archives, empires and the vanity of borders

1. Verfasser: Schulz-Dornburg, Ursula , [VerfasserIn]
Zimmermann, Martin, 1959- , [VerfasserIn]
Weitere Verfasser: Heitmann-Gordon, Henry
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Haus Publishing Ltd, 2021.
Umfang/Format: 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Prologue-collected time
  • I.
  • An archive as a monument to power and historical retrospection
  • II.
  • The "Overview Effect"
  • III.
  • Divisions of the world
  • IV.
  • The divided world of the Mediterranean and the myth of gold over the seas
  • V.
  • Celebrating the new world
  • expansion and the exchange of gifts
  • VI.
  • Dividing the world in the age of discovery
  • the treaties of Tordesillas
  • VII.
  • The earth as a whole?
  • VIII.
  • The splendour of rule, humanitarian disasters and voices of warning.