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ISBN: 0521357233 0521236126 9780521357234 Year: 1988 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press
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Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire investment? What were the social costs of maintaining the empire? Who received the profits, and who bore the costs? The authors show that colonial finance did not dominate British capital markets; returns from empire investment were not high in comparison to earnings in the domestic and foreign sectors; there is no evidence of continued exploitative profits; and empire profits were earned at a substantial cost to the taxpayer. They depict British imperialism as a mechanism to effect an income transfer from the tax-paying middle class to the elites in which the ownership of imperial enterprise was heavily concentrated, with some slight net transfer to the colonies in the process.
Great Britain --- Colonies --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- 338 <09> <41> --- 327.2 <41> --- Economische geschiedenis--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Economic conditions. --- Economic policy. --- 327.2 <41> Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 338 <09> <41> Economische geschiedenis--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Great Britain - Colonies - Economic conditions --- Great Britain - Colonies - Economic policy
ISBN: 0754606872 9780754606871 Year: 2005 Publisher: Aldershot Burlington : Ashgate,
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Covering the period from 1770–2000, this collection examines the relationship between landscape and empire by way of a range of literary, historical, and visual matter. Bringing together the work of established as well as emerging scholars, it considers the connections between the mechanics of empire-building, and the way in which landscape was both viewed and imagined. Organised chronologically, the volume includes, among others, studies of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Irish maps, travel accounts to the Cape, emigrant experiences in New Zealand, impressions of Jamaica and Dominica, and fictional interpretations of the Indian landscape. Cutting across geographical boundaries, literary genres, and historical periods, Landscape and Empire engages with debates within cultural and gender studies, historiography, and nationalism, and will be of interest to students and researchers from across the humanities.
English literature --- Imperialism in literature. --- Literature and society --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Landscapes in literature --- Littérature anglaise --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Littérature et société --- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) --- Paysages dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- English-speaking countries --- Pays anglophones --- Intellectual life. --- Vie intellectuelle --- 325 <09> --- 327.2 <41> --- 912:327.2 --- Koloniale geschiedenis --(politieke wetenschappen) --- Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen-:-Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek) --- 327.2 <41> Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 325 <09> Koloniale geschiedenis --(politieke wetenschappen) --- Littérature anglaise --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Littérature et société --- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) --- Paysages dans la littérature --- Impérialisme --- Littérature anglophone --- Paysage --- Dans la littérature --- Pays de langue anglaise
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