Few aspects of the history of modern empires are of such significance as their economics and politics. The articles and chapters which are brought together in this volume relate not only to the European colonial empires, but also to the Napoleonic, Russian and Japanese empires. The collection is strongly comparative in approach with the articles ar
Few aspects of the history of modern empires are of such significance as their economics and politics. The articles and chapters which are brought together in this volume relate not only to the European colonial empires, but also to the Napoleonic, Russian and Japanese empires. The collection is strongly comparative in approach with the articles ar
Sarah Stockwell is Senior Lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History, King's College London, UK.
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Contents: Introduction; Part I Economics and Politics in the Rise of Empires: 1760-1830: The first age of global imperialism c.1760-1830 C.A. Bayly; Gentlemanly capitalism and British expansion overseas I. The old colonial system 1688-1850 P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins; The industrial revolution and British imperialism 1750-1850 J.R. Ward; Napoleon Charlemagne and Lotharingia: acculturation and the boundaries of Napoleonic Europe Michael Broers. The Mid-19th Century to the 'New imperialism': The imperialism of free trade John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson; A French imperial meridian 1814-1870 David Todd; The Portuguese empire 1825-90: ideology and economics Valentim Alexandre; Dilemmas of empire 1850-1918: power territory identity Dominic Lieven. Part II Modern Empires and Economic Transformations: Development Underdevelopment and Globalization: The 'reversal of fortune' thesis and the compression of history: perspectives from African and comparative economic history Gareth Austin; Economic history and modern India: redefining the link Tirthankar Roy; Crises of accumulation coercion and the colonial state. The development of the labour control system 1919-29 Bruce Berman and John Lonsdale. Modern Empires and Economic Transformations: Metropolitan Economies: Colonial trade and economic development in France 17th to the 20th centuries Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau; The importance of slavery and the slave trade to industrializing Britain David Eltis and Stanley L. Engerman; The economics of Japanese imperialism in Korea 1910-1939 Mitsuhiko Kimura. Part III Politics of Empires: British settler discourse and the circuits of empire Alan Lester; 'When men are weak': the imperial feminism of Frieda von Bÿlow Lora Widlenthal; Colonialism and human rights a contradiction in terms? The case of France and West Africa 1895-1914 Alice L. Conklin. Part IV Technologies of Rule: Politics Governance and Militarism: Neo-traditionalism and the
Contents: Introduction; Part I Economics and Politics in the Rise of Empires: 1760-1830: The first age of global imperialism c.1760-1830 C.A. Bayly; Gentlemanly capitalism and British expansion overseas I. The old colonial system 1688-1850 P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins; The industrial revolution and British imperialism 1750-1850 J.R. Ward; Napoleon Charlemagne and Lotharingia: acculturation and the boundaries of Napoleonic Europe Michael Broers. The Mid-19th Century to the 'New imperialism': The imperialism of free trade John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson; A French imperial meridian 1814-1870 David Todd; The Portuguese empire 1825-90: ideology and economics Valentim Alexandre; Dilemmas of empire 1850-1918: power territory identity Dominic Lieven. Part II Modern Empires and Economic Transformations: Development Underdevelopment and Globalization: The 'reversal of fortune' thesis and the compression of history: perspectives from African and comparative economic history Gareth Austin; Economic history and modern India: redefining the link Tirthankar Roy; Crises of accumulation coercion and the colonial state. The development of the labour control system 1919-29 Bruce Berman and John Lonsdale. Modern Empires and Economic Transformations: Metropolitan Economies: Colonial trade and economic development in France 17th to the 20th centuries Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau; The importance of slavery and the slave trade to industrializing Britain David Eltis and Stanley L. Engerman; The economics of Japanese imperialism in Korea 1910-1939 Mitsuhiko Kimura. Part III Politics of Empires: British settler discourse and the circuits of empire Alan Lester; 'When men are weak': the imperial feminism of Frieda von Bÿlow Lora Widlenthal; Colonialism and human rights a contradiction in terms? The case of France and West Africa 1895-1914 Alice L. Conklin. Part IV Technologies of Rule: Politics Governance and Militarism: Neo-traditionalism and the
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