TY - BOOK ED - Open University, TI - What are empires? SN - 9780749217105 U1 - 325.32 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Milton Keynes PB - Open University KW - Colonies KW - BUEsh KW - Colonization KW - History KW - Imperialism KW - GGEN KW - BUSBOL KW - July2018 N1 - Blocks 1 and 2 for Open University course A326 Empire : 1492-1975; Block 1 What are empires? -- Introduction to Block 1 / Paul Lawrence -- Unit 1 Mapping empires in history / Robin Mackie -- Unit 2 Tools and terms for studying empires / Karl Hack -- Unit 3 Empires of the mind / Paul Lawrence -- Block 2 How do empires begin? -- Introduction to Block 2 / Chris A. Williams -- Unit 4 The beginning of Atlantic empires : Spain in The New World / Bernard Waites -- Unit 5 Pirates, pilgrims, plantations and pigs : the beginnings of the British Arlantic empire 1497-1660 / Chris A. Williams -- Unit 6 Empires of trade? The Portuguese and the Dutch in East Asia 1580-1670 / Ole Peter Grell -- Unit 7 The expansion of Russia 1500-1725 / Colin Chant; Block. 1. What are empires? -- Block. 2. How do empires begin? ER -