The Colonial Empires: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century by D. K. Fieldhouse. First American edition, published by Delacorte Press in 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. A landmark comparative study of European colonial expansion from the eighteenth century through the era of decolonization. Fieldhouse examines the origins, administration, economics, and decline of the British, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German, Russian, and American colonial empires. An important scholarly work and an excellent addition to collections of colonial history, imperial history, world history, political science, and international relations.