British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960 (eBook, PDF)

Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien
Redaktion: Inikori, Joseph E.

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the domestic politics of imperial expansion these essays question the role of the Industrial Revolution and British imperial leadership beyond the issue of hierarchy and The Great Divergence.

This volume brings together leading global economic historians to honour Patrick O'Brien's contribution to the establishment of global economic history as a coherent and respected field in the academy. Inspired by O'Brien's seminal work on the British Industrial Revolution as a global phenomenon, these essays expand the role of the Industrial Revolution and British imperial leadership beyond the issue of hierarchy and The Great Divergence. The change from the protective Atlantic empire, 1650-1850, to the free trade empire of the last half of the long nineteenth century is elaborated as are the conscious efforts of the free trade empire to develop markets and market economies in Africa. British domestic politics associated with the change and the continuation to the recent politics of Brexit are fascinatingly narrated and documented, including the economic rationale for imperial expansion, in the first instance.

The narrative continues to the crises of globalization caused by the world wars and the Great Depression, which forced the free trade British Empire to change course. Further, the effects of the crises and the imperial reaction on the East African colonies and on New Zealand and Australia are examined. Given current concerns about the environmental impact of economic activities, it is noteworthy that this volume includes the environmental impact of globalization in India caused by the free trade policy of the British free trade empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800103610
• Artikelnr.: 63207165

Autorenporträt

Edited by Joseph E. Inikori

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors: Ralph A. Austen
Gareth Austin
Erik Green
Anthony Howe
Joseph E. Inikori
Prasannan Parthasarathi
Kenneth Pomeranz
Giorgio Riello
Tirthankar Roy and John Singleton. Introduction Joseph E. Inikori 1 From Adam Smith to Brexit: The Rise
Fall
and Revival of Free Trade in Britain
1776-2016 Anthony Howe 2 Failure and the Industrial Revolution: The East India Companies' Procurement and the Rise of the British Cotton Textile Industry Giorgio Riello 3 Chinese Industrialization: Comparison and Connections as Real and Hypothetical Contexts for Understanding the Nineteenth-Century Global Economy Kenneth Pomeranz 4 British Imperialism and Globalization: British West Africa
1821-1900 Joseph E. Inikori 5 "More and More One Cog in the World Economic Machine": Globalization
Development
and African Agency in British West Africa Gareth Austin 6 Globalization and the Rationality of Colonial Expansion: The British Empire and West Africa in the Nineteenth Century Ralph A. Austen 7 Window of Opportunities: The Great Depression
Protectionism
and the Rise of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Africa Erik Green 8 Labor and Environment in Nineteenth-Century Tamilnad
India Prasannan Parthasarathi 9 Imperialism
Globalization
and Inequality: The Indian Story Tirthankar Roy 10 The Quest for Security in New Zealand and Australia
1930-1960 John Singleton