Lance Edwin Davis, Robert A. Huttenback

Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire

The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860 1912
Herausgeber: Fogel, Robert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 775g
• ISBN-13: 9780521236119
• ISBN-10: 0521236118
• Artikelnr.: 22797894

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The British Empire and the economics of imperialism: an introductory statement
2. The export of British finance: 1865-1914
3. British business and the profits from Empire
4. Government expenditure in support of business
5. The costs of defending an empire: the British and colonial taxpayer
6. British subsidies to the Empire: the nondefence component
7. The shareholders in imperial enterprises
8. The sources of government revenues
9. Empire, the special interests, and the House of Commons
10. Imperium economicus - in retrospect
Official documents
Private papers
Company records
Notes
Bibliography
Index.