Slates. The primary cOncern Is changes associated with Euro!"'." Olloolal eKpansionism since th. fifteenth century. and maTC recently wllh lh. cxpansion 01 independent Thin. l World staIn. To put ｴｨｾ@ epochs 01 Sial. expansion in ptrspective, the ｳ] ｾ@ 01 comparlSQn Is bl (), 1dened [0 include studies 01 more. ｮ] ｾ ｭ@ expanding Slates. The indigenous peoples discuSS (d heR as. ｬ t ｾ] ｴ･,@ by Europun or Olher state exp. msionism arc Ihem5/: lvl! $ organized in a range of political forms from oonds to empires. ｾｬ A ｨｯｵｧｨ@• dominant concern in the VQlume is the tribal lorm olorgani� zation. Though tt..� 0<; 11$ here Is wad•• e. to place war in an analytic ron� tt xt it Is (oll5ide. ed along with all the 50Ciai 1I1lnS� orm'lioll5 associalOO with StatC contact.