E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Inikori British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80010-361-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien
E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-80010-361-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
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