Colonialism and Development
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Colonialism and Development

Britain and its Tropical Colonies, 1850-1960

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Colonialism and Development

Britain and its Tropical Colonies, 1850-1960

About this book

British colonial rule of the tropics is the critical background to contemporary development issues. This study of Britain's economic and political relationship with its tropical colonies provides detailed analyses of trade and policy. The considerations of past successes and failures elucidate current opportunities and developments. No other book covers this broad topic with such detail and clarity.

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Yes, you can access Colonialism and Development by Michael A. Havinden,David Meredith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
Print ISBN
9780415020435
eBook ISBN
9781134977376
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. TABLES
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. 1: INTRODUCTION AND FRAMEWORK
  8. 2: THE TROPICAL COLONIES IN THE MID-VICTORIAN AGE (1850–70)
  9. 3: EARLY DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND THE SPREAD OF THE EMPIRE, 1870–85
  10. 4: THE COLONIAL ‘SCRAMBLE’ AND JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN’s DEVELOPMENT PLANS,1885–1903
  11. 5: FIRST FRUITS COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT,1903–14
  12. 6: THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
  13. 7: THE ECONOMICS OF ‘TRUSTEESHIP’ COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 1921–9
  14. 8: DEPRESSION AND DISILLUSION
  15. 9: THE ‘COLONIAL QUESTION’ AND TOWARDS COLONIAL REFORM, 1930–40
  16. 10: A NEW SENSE OF URGENCY
  17. 11: AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK? PROBLEMS OF FINANCING COLONIAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1946–60
  18. 12: THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHAMBERLAIN VIEW
  19. 13: DEVELOPING THE ‘GREAT ESTATE’
  20. APPENDIXES
  21. Notes
  22. BIBLIOGRAPHY