Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Imperialism: The New Debate on Empire

by Raymond E. Dumett

Overview

The publication by Longman of P J Cain and A.G. Hopkins two-volume study of "British Imperialism" (1688-1914; 1914-1994) caused a sensation amongst historians of European imperialism and economic international history. The theory of 'gentlemanly capitalism' - the complex of economic, social and political power centring on the City of London - which they developed to explain Britain's imperial expansion has since been expanded , both in its original theory and its implications. Here now is a purpose-built volume prepared in collaboration with the original authors which reviews the latest state of scholarship in the field and develops it further.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317881476
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

 Raymond E. Dumett

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Exploring the Cain/Hopkins Paradigm, Issues for Debate; Critique and Topics for New Research.  2. Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Economic Policy, 1880-1914, The Debate Over Bimetallism and Protectionism.  3. Profit and Power: Informal Empire, the Navy and Latin America.  4. The Late Nineteenth Century Imperialist: Specification, Quantification and Controlled Conjectures.  5. Economic Power at the Periphery: Canada, Australia and South Africa 1850-1914.  6. Imperial Economic Controls Through Sterling in the Twentieth Century.  7. British Informal Empire in the Far East 1880-1939: A Japanese Perspective.  8. Gentlemanly Capitalism and the Raj: British Policy in India Between the World Wars.  9. Gentlemanly Capitalism and Empire in the Twentieth Century: the Forgotten Case of Malaya.  10. The Theory and Practice of British Imperialism.