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1. Introductory Textbook (12 items)
1.1 Core (5 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | This book can be recommended if you want to purchase a textbook. The Library
also holds hardcopy.
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Background | For the first seminar, you should read pp. xi-xii and theIntroduction) - 'The Project of an Empire'
The Oxford history of the British Empire: Vol. 3: The nineteenth century - Porter, A. N.,1999
Book | Background |
Finance, trade, and politics in British foreign policy 1815-1914 - Platt, D. C. M., 1968Book
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984Book
1.2 Supplementary (7 items)
Empires and the reach of the global, 1870-1945 - Tony Ballantyne, Antoinette M. Burton,2012
Book
Unfinished empire: the global expansion of Britain - Darwin, John, 2012Book | Background
Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914: a study of empire and expansion - Hyam, Ronald,2002
Book | Background |
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The British Empire 1588-1995 - Lloyd, Trevor Owen, 1996Book | Background |
The lion's share: a history of British Imperialism 1850 to the present - Porter, Bernard,2012
Book | Background
The British Empire: themes and perspectives - S. E. Stockwell, 2008Book
The Oxford history of the British Empire: Vol. 5: Historiography / Robin W. Winks, editor ;Alaine Low, associate editor - Robin W Winks, Alaine M. Low, 1999
Book
2. The Economic Context (29 items)
2.1 Core (7 items)
Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context - P. J. CainChapter | Essential |
Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy - B. R. TomlinsonChapter | Essential |
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Part Two
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Background | Chapter 3
The Economics of Empire - A. R. DilleyChapter
Wakefieldian investment and the birth of new societies, c. 1830 to 1930 - Bernard AttardChapter
Foreign investment, accumulation and Empire, 1860–1914 - Michael EdelsteinChapter
2.2 Supplementary: General (7 items)
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The references listed here provide general introductions to both British trade andinvestment overseas.
Britain in the world economy since 1880 - Alford, B. W. E., 1996Book
Economic foundations of British overseas expansion, 1815-1914 - Cain, P. J., EconomicHistory Society, 1980
Book
The Victorian economy - Crouzet, François, 1982Book |
Imperial Finance, Trade and Communications, 1895-1914 - G. S. GrahamChapter |
Free Trade and Commercial Expansion, 1853-1870 - H. J. HabakkukChapter |
The growth of the international economy 1820-2000: an introductory text - Kenwood, A.G., Lougheed, A. L., 1999
Book
The first industrial nation: an economic history of Britain 1700-1914 - Mathias, Peter, 1983Book
2.3 Supplementary: Trade (4 items)
Remember also to look at the references listed under 'Economic Context: GeneralIntroductions'
Trade and Empire: The British Experience from Free Trade until the First World War -Francois Crouzet
Chapter |
Trade: discovery, mercantilism and technology - C. Knick HarleyChapter |
Trade, 1870–1939: from globalisation to fragmentation - C. Knick HarleyChapter |
Studies in British overseas trade, 1870-1914 - Saul, S. B., 1960 (1967 reprint)Book |
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2.4 Supplementary: Investment (11 items)
Remember also to look at the references listed under 'Economic Context: GeneralIntroductions'
Capitals of capital: a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005 - Youssef Cassis,2006
Book
British overseas investment in the nineteenth century - Cottrell, P. L., Economic HistorySociety, 1975
Book
The Export of British Finance, 1865-1914 - L. Davis, R. A. Huttenback, 1985Article
Mammon and the pursuit of Empire: the political economy of British imperialism,1860-1912 - Lance Edwin Davis, Robert A. Huttenback, 1986
Book
Foreign Investment and Accumulation, 1860-1914 - M. EdelsteinChapter
The migration of British capital to 1875 - Jenks, Leland Hamilton, [1938]Book
The global securities market: a history - Michie, R. C., 2006Book
Britain's prime and Britain's decline: the British economy 1870-1914 - Pollard, Sidney,1989
Book | Chapter 2
The Pattern of British Portfolio Foreign Investment, 1865-1914 - Matthew SimonChapter | Printed in Hall (ed), The Export of Capital from Britain 1870-1914
The Pattern of British Portfolio Foreign Investment, 1865-1914 - Matthew SimonChapter | Printed in Adler (ed.), Capital Movements and Economic Development
The global export of capital from Great Britain, 1865-1914: a statistical survey - Stone,Irving, 1999
Book
3. Perspectives (1): Informal Empire to Great Commercial Republic (3items)
Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932 - Fay,
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Charles R, 1934Book | Chapter 2, 'The West Indies and South America'.
The movement towards free trade, 1820-1853 - C. R., FayChapter | Background
Survey of British Commonwealth affairs: Vol.2, part 1: Problems of economic policy,1918-1939 - Hancock, William Keith, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1940
Book | Background | Chapter 1: Perspective View.
4. Perspectives (2): The Imperialism of Free Trade (10 items)
4.1 Core texts (7 items)
The Imperialism of Free Trade - John Gallagher Ronald Robinson, 1953Article | Essential
The Spirit of Victorian Expansion, Chapter One of Africa and the Victorians: The OfficialMind of Imperialism - 1961
Chapter | Background
Explanation - Ronald RobinsonChapter | This is a restatement and clarification of Gallagher and Robinson's original
argument about the 'imperialism of free trade' in the light of subsequent criticism and theirown findings in 'Africa and the Victorians'. Note that it appeared in the second edition ofthe latter, published in 1981.
Non-European foundations of European imperialism: sketch for a theory of collaboration -Ronald, Robinson
Chapter | Background
Introduction: Railway Imperialism - Ronald E. RobinsonChapter | This is Robinson's final statement of his argument about 'informal empiire'. He
views railway construction as one of the ways in which countries became subject toinformal influence, hence the term 'railway imperilism'. You should also read the finalchapter in this edited volume, also by Robinson: 'Conclusion: Railways and InformalEmpire'.
Temple, Henry John, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) - David SteeleChapter | For Gallagher and Robinson, Palmerston's policies as Foreign Secretary and
Prime Minister were the best examples of the 'imperialism of free trade'.
Imperialism and the Victorians: The Dynamics of Territorial Expansion - John Darwin, 1997Article | This essay is the most recent refinement of Gallagher and Robinson's
arguments about informal empire and the imperialism of free trade.
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4.2 Case Studies (3 items)
British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Martin LynnChapter
The Imperialism of Free Trade: Some Reservations - D. C. M. Platt, 1968Article
Further Objections to an "Imperialism of Free Trade", 1830-60 - D. C. M. Platt, 1973Article
5. Perspectives (3): Gentlemanly Capitalism (20 items)
5.1 Core Texts (5 items)
Reconstructing British Imperialism: The Autobiography of a Research Project - P. J. Cain, A.G. Hopkins
Article | This is a good introduction to Cain and Hopkin's argument about 'gentlemanlycapitalism' and can be read be reading 'Problem and Context', the first chapter of 'BritishImperialism', which is the main statement of their argument. It is not a substitute forreading that chapter,
Problem and Context - P. J. Cain, A. G. HopkinsChapter | Essential | This is a PDF of the first chapter of British Imperialism (2nd ed.)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | This is the EBook edition of the third edition of British Imperialism. See the
Foreword, which responds to the critics, and Chapter 1, 'Problem and Context', which hasalso been digested separately in this section of the Reading List (see immediately above).
Afterword: The Theory and Practice of British Imperialism - P. J. Cain, A. G. HopkinsChapter | In this chapter Cain and Hopkins attempt to clarify their argument about
'gentlemanly capitalism'.
The City of London, 1880-1914 - Peter CainChapter | This is a second clarification of the idea of 'gentlemanly capitalism'.
5.2 The debate (9 items)
The Empire Strikes Back - Review by: David Cannadine, 1995Article | A review of the first edition of British Imperialism by Cain and Hopkins
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
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Book | pp. 120-24. Darwin does not refer directly to 'gentlemanly capitalism', but hedoes comment on the relationship between 'the City elite' (i.e. gentlemanly capitalism)and the British officials and politicians, who according to Cain and Hopkins were alsomembers of the same 'gentlemanly order'.
"Gentlemanly Capitalism" and British Industry 1820-1914 - M. J. Daunton, 1989Article | Read pp. 120-24. This is, in effect, Darwin's contribution to the argument about
'gentlemanly capitalism'. In these pages he discusses the relationship between 'the Cityelite' (i.e. 'gentlemanly capitalists') and officials and politicians, who Cain and Hopkinsargue all belonged to the same social group and therefore had a shared view of the world.
Home and Colonial - M. J. Daunton, 1995Article | A review of the first edition of British Imperialism by Cain and Hopkins
Gentlemen, capitalists, and the British empire - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1994Article
Understanding the British Empire - Hyam, Ronald, 2010Book | Chapter 4: ‘The Myth of ‘Gentlemanly Capitalism’
British Capitalism: Empire, Merchants and Decline - Geoffrey Ingham, 1995Article
"Gentlemanly capitalism” and empire. The British experience since 1750? - A. Porter, 1990Article
The debate on the the [sic] rise of the British empire - Anthony Webster, 2006Book | Chapter 7, ‘The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly
capitalism and empire, 1980-2004’
5.3 Case Studies: Gentlemanly Capitalists? (6 items)
Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861-1945) - Roberta Allbert DayerChapter
Dawes, Sir Edwyn Sandys (1838-1903) - John OrbellChapter
Gibbs, Henry Hucks, first Baron Aldenham (1819–1907) - Martin DauntonChapter
Rhodes, Cecil John (1853-1902) - Shula Marks, Stanley TrapidoChapter | Essential
Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux, fourth earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890) - Peter GordonChapter | Background
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Palmer, William Waldegrave, second earl of Selborne (1859-1942) - D. George BoyceChapter | Background
6. Colonisers (16 items)
6.1 Core Texts (3 items)
The Philosophic Radicals and Colonialism - Bernard Semmel, 1961Article | Essential
The Wakefield program for middle-class empire - Bernard Semmel, 1961Chapter
The Rise of the Angloworld: Settlement in North America and Australasia, 1784-1918 -James, Belich
Chapter | Background
6.2 Supplementary (8 items)
Myths of the "Little England" Era - John S. Galbraith, 1961Article
British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire - Marjorie HarperChapter
The Development of the Theory of Colonization in English Classical Political Economy -Edward R. Kittrell, 1965
Article
Empire and globalisation: networks of people, goods and capital in the British world,c.1850-1914 - Gary Bryan Magee, Andrew S. Thompson, 2010
Book | Chapter 3. 'Overseas Migration'
Britannia's children: emigration from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland since 1600 -Eric Richards, 2004
Book
Great Britain and the colonies, 1815-1865 - Shaw, A. G. L., [1970]Book | This volume reprints several of the articles in this section of the Reading List.
Shaw's introduction is useful.
Classical Economics and the Case for Colonization - D. N. Winch, 1963Article
The rise of free trade imperialism: classical political economy, the empire of free trade andimperialism, 1750-1850 - Semmel, Bernard, 2004
Book
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6.3 Colonial Reformers (5 items)
Buller, Charles (1806–1848) - H. J. SpencerChapter
Lambton, John George , first earl of Durham (1792–1840) - Ged MartinChapter
Molesworth, Sir William, eighth baronet (1810–1855) - Peter BurroughsChapter
Roebuck, John Arthur (1802–1879) - S. A. BeaverChapter
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon (1796–1862) - David J. MossChapter
7. The British Dominions (24 items)
7.1 Overviews (6 items)
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Chapter 4: 'The Britannic experiment'
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Chapter 8
Afterword: The Economics of the ‘British World’ - Peter Cain, 2013-03Article | This is the concluding article in a special issue of the Journal of Imperial and
Commonwealth History about Finance, Empire and the British World.
Was there a 'British' Empire? The Oxford History of the British Empire from a CanadianPerspective - P. A. Buckner
Article | This is an extended review article of the Oxford History of the British Empire inwhich Buckner criticises the editors for neglecting the 'white settler dominions'. In doing sohe also criticises the influence of Gallagher and Robinson on the study of British imperialhistory.
Mapping the British world - Carl Bridge, Kent Fedorowich, 2003Article | Bridge and Fedorowich argue that the study of the British settler colonies (the
'British world') should be reincorporated into the study of the British empire. In doing so,like Buckner, they criticise the influence of Gallagher and Robinson. The 'British world'approach has had a strong influence on historians like Darwin, who is also included in thissection of the reading list.
Reconfiguring Empire: The British World - Gary B. Magee, Andrew Thompson
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Chapter | Background | This chapter introduces Magee and Thompson's argument aboutthe 'cultural economy' of the British empire. They argue that the 'British world' wascreated by the many networks that connected the settler colonies to Britain before 1914.
7.2 Case Studies: Comparative (3 items)
‘The rules of the game’: London finance, Australia, and Canada, c.1900-14 - Andrew Dilley,2010
Article | Background | This covers some of the argument in Dilley's monograph,'Finance, politics and Imperialism' (also on this list)
Finance, politics, and imperialism: Australia, Canada, and the City of London, c.1896-1914- Andrew Richard Dilley, 2012
Book | Read the Introduction and Conclusion, then Part III
Economic power at the periphery: Canada, Australia and South Africa, 1850-1914 - RobertKubicek
Chapter | Criticises Cain and Hopkin's argument as applied to British settler societies
7.3 Case Studies: Australia and New Zealand (12 items)
Money: Trade, Investment and Economic Nationalism - Geoffrey BoltonChapter
Empire: Australia and 'Greater Britain', 1788-1901, Chapter - Deryck M. SchreuderChapter
The New Zealand Economy, 1792-1914 - Jim McAloonChapter
How Much Did Institutions Matters? Cloning Britain in New Zealand - James BelichChapter
Bridgeheads, ‘Colonial Places’ and the Queensland Financial Crisis of 1866 - Bernard Attard, 2013
Article
From Free-trade Imperialism to Structural Power: New Zealand and the Capital Market,1856–68 - Bernard Attard, 2007
Article
Making the Colonial State: Development, Debt and Warfard in New Zealand, 1853-76 -Bernard Attard, 2012
Article
T. A. Coghlan, London Opinion and the Politics of Anglo- Australian Finance, 1905–09 -Andrew Dilley, 2013
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Labor, Capital and Land: The Transnational Dimensions of the 1910 Federal Land Tax -Andrew Dilley, 2013
Article
Gentlemanly Capitalism and Settler Capitalists: Imperialism, Dependent Development andColonial Wealth in The South Island of New Zealand - Jim McAloon, 2002
Article
Gentlemanly capitalism in New Zealand - A. G. Hopkins, 2003Article | This is part of an exchange with Jim McAloon; also see the articles by the latter.
Gentlemen, capitalists and settlers: a brief response - Jim McAloon, 2003Article
7.4 Case Studies: Canada (3 items)
Refer also to the Textbooks in Section 1.
Canada from 1815 - Ged MartinChapter
The Creation of the Dominion of Canada, 1860-1901 - Phillip BucknerChapter
The Reaction of the City of London to the Quebec Resolutions, 1864-1866 - Andrew SmithArticle
8. India (30 items)
8.1 Core Texts (6 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Essential | Chapter 10: "Meeting her obligations to her English Creditors": India,
1858-1914'
The Indian Economy and the British Empire, Chapter - David WashbrookChapter | Background
Imperial India, 1858-1914 - Robin J. MooreChapter | Background | This is a general introduction to India under the British Raj to
1914.
Chapter 3, The Growth of the World Market, - D. A. FarnieChapter | Essential | pp. 96-119 covers the British cotton textile trade with India, which
was - in effect - a captive market for Lancashire; pp. 108-115 deal with tariff policy.
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Rentiers versus Producers? The Political Economy of the Bimetallic Controversy c.1880-1898 - E. H. H. Green, 1988
Article | Essential | This article is about the debates over bimetallism and the relatedissue of the Indian currency in the 1890s.
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Background | Chapter 5: '"Un-British Rule" in "Anglo-India"'
8.2 Supplemenatry (24 items)
Commodity trading, globalization and the colonial world: spinning the web of the globalmarket - Christof Dejung, Paul Cohen, 2018
Book
Money and Credit (1858–1947) - A.G. ChandavarkarChapter | This chapter covers banking and the monetary system (i.e silver and gold
exchange standards), which provided much of the basis of the bimetallic controversy inthe late 19th century.
British rule and the Indian economy, 1800-1914 - Charlesworth, Neil, Economic HistorySociety, 1982
Book
India's International Economy in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Survey - K. N.Chaudhuri, 1968
Article
Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments (1757–1947) - K.N. ChaudhuriChapter
The end of the imperialism of free trade: the eclipse of the Lancashire lobby and theconcession of fiscal autonomy to India - Clive Dewey
Chapter |
Gentlemanly capitalism and British economic policy, 1880-1914: the debate overbimetalllism and protectionism - E. H. H. Green
Chapter
Imperialism and free trade: Lancashire and India in the mid-nineteenth century - Harnetty,Peter, 1972
Book
The Imperialism of Free Trade: Lancashire, India, and the Cotton Supply Question,1861-1865 - Peter Harnetty, 1966
Article
The Imperialism of Free Trade: Lancashire and the Indian Cotton Duties, 1859-1862 - PeterHarnetty, 1965
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English Free Traders and Indian Tariffs, 1874-96 - Ira Klein, 1971Article
The Fiscal System - Dharma KumarChapter | This chapter covers government expenditure, the 'home charges', tariffs,
public investment and debt.
Imperialism and 'Free Trade' Policy in India, 1853-4 - R. J. Moore, 1964Article
Maritime enterprise and empire: Sir William Mackinnon and his business network, 1823-93- Munro, J. Forbes, 2003
Book | This is a wonderful study of British international business in the nineteenthcentury. Mackinnon built his business empire on shipping in India, and then extended hisactivities within the subcontinent as well as the larger region east of Suez. Chapters 1, 2, 5and 12 deal with Indian operations.
An economic history of India: from pre-colonial times to 1991 - Rothermund, DietmarBook
Studies in British overseas trade, 1870-1914 - Saul, S. B., 1960 (1967 reprint)Book | A classic study; look especially at ch. 3: 'The Pattern of Settlements' and ch. 8:
'British Trade with the Empire: II. India'.
India in the world economy: from antiquity to the present - Roy, Tirthankar, 2012Book
The new Cambridge history of India: III.3: Economy of modern India, 1860-1970 -Tomlinson, B. R., c2008
Book
Dundee and the Empire: 'Juteopolis' 1850-1939 - Jim Tomlinson, 2014Book
Money and empire: the International Gold Standard, 1890-1914 - Marcello De Cecco, 1974Book | Chapter 4: Indian Monetary Vicissitudes-an interlude
Opportunism of Free Trade: Lancashire Cotton Famine and Indian Cotton Cultivation -Dwijendra Tripathi
Article
The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization: The East India Company Charter Act of 1813- Anthony Webster, 1990
Article
The twilight of the East India Company: the evolution of Anglo-Asian commerce andpolitics, 1790-1860 - Webster, Anthony, 2009
Book
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Manchester men and Indian cotton, 1847-1872 - Arthur W. Silver, 1966Book
9. Egypt (17 items)
9.1 Core (8 items)
The Victorians and Africa: A Reconsideration of the Occupation of Egypt, 1882 - A. G.Hopkins, 1986
Article | Essential
Great Britain and the Partition of Africa - Colin NewburyChapter | pp. 632-35 only
The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882 - Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid-MarsotChapter | Background | Especially, pp. 651-54.
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984Book | Use the Contents pages (North Africa) to find the other relevant sections.
Africa and the Victorians: the official mind of imperialism - Robinson, Ronald, Gallagher,John, Denny, Alice, 1961
Book | This is the classic statement of the 'strategic' argument for the British occupationof Egypt and therefore must be in this part of the reading list. Several chapters arerelevant, but see especially Chapter 4: 'The Suez Crisis, 1882'. It has not been possible todigitise this material for reasons of copyright.
Finance, trade, and politics in British foreign policy 1815-1914 - Platt, D. C. M., 1968Book | Part 3, chapter 1. Because another chapter from this book has been digitised, it
is not possible to reproduce this chapter. Nevertheless, it is worth reading if you canborrow a copy of the physical book.
Prestige, Prudence and Public Opinion in the 1882 British Occupation of Egypt - DanHalvorson
Article | An alternative interpretation of the causes of the occupation.
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Chapter 11 - section called 'The occupation of Egypt'.
9.2 Supplementary (9 items)
The Conservatives and Egypt, 1875-1880 - Richard A. Atkins, 1974
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The Origins of the Anglo-French Condominium in Egypt; 1875-1876 - Atkins, Richard A,1974
Article
Sir Charles Dilke and the British Intervention in Egypt, 1882: Decision Making in aNineteenth-Century Cabinet - M. E. Chamberlain, 1976
Article
The Alexandria Massacre of 11 June 1882 and the British Occupation of Egypt - M. E.Chamberlain, 1977
Article
Gladstone's imperialism in Egypt: techniques of domination - Harrison, Robert T., 1995Book
Bankers and pashas: international finance and economic imperialism in Egypt - Landes,David S., 1958
Book | a classic study which largely focusing on French involvement during the periodpreceding British occupation.
Egypt and Europe: from French expedition to British occupation - Roger OwenChapter
The Middle East in the world economy, 1800-1914 - Owen, Roger, 1981Book | Chapters 5 and 9.
The 'Men on the Spot' and the English Occupation of Egypt in 1882 - Alexander Schölch,1976
Article
10. Southern Africa (14 items)
10.1 Core (8 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Chapter 11 - section called: 'Crisis and war in South Africa'.
British Radicalism, the South African Crisis and the Origins of the Theory of FinancialImperialism - P. J. Cain
Chapter
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984Book | The Boer War
The South African War (1899-1902): Context and Motive Reconsidered - Andrew Porter,
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1990Article
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Chapter 6: 'The Weakest Link: Britain in South Africa'.
Southern and Central Africa, 1886-1910 - Shula MarksChapter
Southern Africa, 1795-1910 - Christopher Saunders, Iain R. SmithChapter
Imperialism, Settler Identities, and Colonial Capitalism: The Hundred-Year Origins of the1899 South African War - Stanley Trapido
Chapter
10.2 Supplementary (6 items)
The Imperial Factor in South Africa in the Nineteenth Century: Towards a Reassessment -A. Atmore, S, Marks
Article
The fall of Kruger's republic - Marais, J. S., 1961Book
The origins of the South African War: Joseph Chamberlain and the diplomacy ofimperialism, 1895-99 - Porter, A. N., 1980
Book
Africa and the Victorians: the official mind of imperialism - Robinson, Ronald, Gallagher,John, Denny, Alice, 1961
Book
The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902 - Smith, Iain R., 1996Book
Empire and High Finance: South Africa and the International Gold Standard 1890-1914 -Jean Jacques Van-Helten, 1982
Article
11. The Partition of Africa (27 items)
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11.1 Core Texts (3 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Chapter 11 - especially the introductory paragraphs and the sections called:
'Selective acquisitions: tropical Africa' and 'From partition to paramountcy'.
Great Britain and the Partition of Africa - Colin NewburyChapter
The European Partition of Africa: Origins and Dynamics - G. N. SandersonChapter
11.2 Supplementary Texts: General (8 items)
The scramble for Africa - Chamberlain, Muriel Evelyn, 1999Book
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984Book | Use the Contents pages to find the relevant sections.
Britain in tropical Africa, 1880-1960: economic relationships and impact - Munro, J. Forbes,1984
Book
The partition of Africa: geopolitical and internal perspectives - Ronald HyamChapter
The economics of Empire: Britain, Africa and the new imperialism, 1870-95 - William G.Hynes, 1979
Book
Africa and the Victorians: the official mind of imperialism - Robinson, Ronald, Gallagher,John, Denny, Alice, 1961
Book
The European Partition of Africa: coincidence or conjuncture? - G. N. SandersonJournal
Divide and rule: the partition of Africa, 1880-1914 - H. L. Wesseling, 1996Book
11.3 Supplementary: East Africa (5 items)
Imperialism and the Victorians: The Dynamics of Territorial Expansion - John Darwin, 1997Article | pp. 634-640
Mackinnon and East Africa 1878-1895: a study in the 'New Imperialism' - John S. Galbraith,
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1972Book
The Scramble for East Africa: British Motives Reconsidered, 1884–95 - Jonas Fossli Gjersø,2015
Article
Salisbury's African Policy and the Heligoland Offer of 1890 - D. R. Gillard, 1960Article
Maritime enterprise and empire: Sir William Mackinnon and his business network, 1823-93- J. Forbes Munro, 2003
Book | Chapters 14 to 17 for the British East Africa Company.
11.4 Supplementary: West Africa (11 items)
A West African ‘Fashoda’: Expanding Trade, Colonial Rivalries and Insurrection in the Côted'Ivoire/Gold Coast Borderlands: The Assikasso Crisis of 1897–98 - Raymond E. Dumett,2013
Article | Africa
Imperialism, economic development and social change in West Africa - Raymond E.Dumett, 2013
Book
Change and Continuity in the British Palm Oil Trade with West Africa, 1830-55 - MartinLynn, 1981
Article
The “Imperialism of free trade” and the case of West Africa, c. 1830-c.1870 - Martin LynnArticle
From Sail to Steam: The Impact of the Steamship Services on the British Palm Oil Tradewith West Africa, 1850-1890 - Martin Lynn, 1989
Article
Economic Imperialism in West Africa: Lagos, 1880-92 - A. G. Hopkins, 1968Article
West Africa partitioned: Vol.1: The loaded purse, 1885-1889 - John D Hargreaves, 1974Book
West Africa partitioned: Vol.2: The elephants and the grass - John D Hargreaves, 1985Book
An economic history of West Africa - Hopkins, A. G., 1973 (1980 reprint)Book
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British Mercantile Attitudes towards Imperial Expansion - W. G. Hynes, 1976Article
Commerce and Empire: Manchester Merchants and West Africa, 1873-1895 - B. M. RatcliffeArticle
12. Latin America (37 items)
12.1 Core (5 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book | Chapter 9: Calling the New World into Existence: South America, 1815-1914
The empire project: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 - Darwin, John,2009
Book | Chapter 3: 'The Commercial Republic'.
Britain and Latin America - Alan KnightChapter
Informal Empire? An Exploration in the History of Anglo-Argentine Relations, 1810-1914 -Andrew Thompson, 1992
Article | This article argues that there was no informal empire in Argentina.
Informal Empire in Argentina: An Alternative View - A. G. Hopkins, 1994Article | This is a rebuttal of Thompson's argument (listed separately) that there was no
informal empire in Argentina.
12.2 Supplementary: South America - General (10 items)
Latin America, economic imperialism and the state: the political economy of the externalconnection from independence to the present - Abel, Christopher, Lewis, Colin M., 1985
Book | This is a valuable collection of essays with separate introductions for eachperiod, chapters about 'dependency theory', and case studies of different countries andindustries. The chapter by Finch on Uruguay is available electronically. There are alsouseful chapters about state and British business in Argentina (Jones) and railways andindustrialization in Argentina and Brazil (Lewis).
The Cambridge history of Latin America: Vol. 3: From independence to c. 1870 - Bethell,Leslie, c2008
Book | This includes chapters on economy and society, Chile, the River Plate Republics(Argentina and Uruguay) and Brazil.
The Cambridge history of Latin America: Vol. 4: C. 1870 to 1930 - Bethell, Leslie, 2008Book | This includes chapters about Latin America and the international economy, and
Latin America, the USA and the European powers.
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The Cambridge history of Latin America: Vol. 5: c1870-1930 - Bethell, Leslie, 2008Book | This includes chapters on Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil.
Informal empire in Latin America: culture, commerce and capital - Brown, Matthew, c2008Book | This is another edited collection of essays which are each also individually
available online. You will find the most useful of these listed separately.
The economic history of Latin America since independence - Bulmer-Thomas, Victor, 1994Book
Robinson and Gallagher in South America: The meaning of Informal Imperialism - RichardGraham
Chapter
Finance, trade, and politics in British foreign policy 1815-1914 - Platt, D. C. M., 1968Book | Part III, Chapter 6: Latin America
Business imperialism, 1840-1930: an inquiry based on British experience in Latin America -Platt, D. C. M., c1977
Book | This is an important set of case studies of different industries within LatinAmerica as well as particular countries. The introduction by Platt provides a broadoverview.
Britain and Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - Miller, Rory, 1993Book | An excellent introductory text
12.3 Supplementary: Argentina (16 items)
Britain's Informal Empire in Argentina, 1806-1914 - H. S. Ferns, 1953Article
Britain and Argentina in the nineteenth century - Ferns, H. S., 1960Book | Chapters 14 and 15 are about the Baring Crisis and its aftermath.
The Baring Crisis Revisited - H. S. Ferns, 1992Article
Profits and Visions: British Capital and Railway Construction in Argentina, 1854-1886 -William J. Fleming
Chapter
British Investment and Argentine Economic Development, 1880-1914 - A. G. FordChapter
Argentina and the Baring Crisis of 1890 - A. G. Ford, 1956Article
Carlos Pellegrini and the Financial Crisis of 1890 - John E. Hodge, 1970
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Article | This deals with aspects of the Baring crisis.
Great Capitalists and the Direction of British Overseas Investment in the Late NineteenthCentury: The Case of Argentina - Charles Jones
Article
'Business Imperialism' and Argentina, 1875-1900: A Theoretical Note - Charles Jones, 1980Article
Finance, Ambition and Romanticism in the River Plate, 1880–1892 - Charles Jones, 2008Article | This is a 'cultural' approach to informal empire and also deals with the influence
of British banks during the Baring Crisis.
British railways in Argentina, 1857-1914: a case study of foreign investment - Lewis, ColinM., University of London, 1983
Book
Britain, the Argentine and Informal Empire: Rethinking the Role of Railway Companies -Colin M. Lewis, 2008
Article | This article argues that the railways do not support the argument that Britainhad an informal empire in Argentina.
The British in Argentina: From Informal Empire to Postcolonialism - David Rock, 2008Article
Argentine international trade under inconvertible paper money, 1880-1900 - Williams, JohnHenry, [1969]
Book | Chapter 8: 'The Period of the Baring Panic, 1890-95'.
Foreign-Owned Railways in Argentina: A Case Study of Economic Nationalism - Winthrop R.Wright, 1967
Article
The sixth great power: Barings, 1762-1929 - Ziegler, Philip, 1988Book | The Baring Crisis.
12.4 Supplementary: Brazil, Chile and Uruguay (6 items)
British imperialism in Uruguay: the public utility companies and the batllista state,1900-1930 - H. H. J., Finch
Chapter | Background
Britain and the onset of modernization in Brazil 1850-1914 - Graham, Richard, 1968Book
The Imperialism of Free Trade: Peru, 1820-70 - W. M. Mathew, 1968Article | Informal empire
Britain and Chile, 1851-1886: Anatomy of a Relationship - John Mayo, 1981Article
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Business, Nationality and Dependency in Late Nineteenth Century Brazil - Eugene W.Ridings, 1982
Article | This article is an analysis of the business elite of late-19th-century Brazil, whichconsisted predominantly of foreigners.
British Informal Empire in Uruguay in the Nineteenth Century - Peter Winn, 1976Article
13. China (21 items)
13.1 Core (5 items)
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016Book
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984Book | Chapter 12
Late Ch'ing foreign relations, 1866–1905 - Immanuel C. Y. HsuChapter | pp. 109–130 (‘The Threatened “Partition of China”’ and ‘The Boxer Uprising’)
Britain and China, 1842-1914 - Jürgen OsterhammelChapter
Chapter 5: China, in Part III - D. C. M. PlattChapter | Part 3, chapter 5
13.2 Supplementary (16 items)
Britain's Imperial Retreat from China, 1900-1931 - Phoebe Chow, 2016Book
Financing Imperialism: British and American Bankers as Vectors of Imperial Expansion inChina, 1908-1920 - Clarence B. Davis, 1982
Article | Chapter 13
The Origins of British Financial Co-Operation with France in China, 1903-6 - E. W. Edwards,1971
Article
The creation of the treaty system - John K. FairbankChapter
The China station: war and diplomacy, 1830-1860 - Graham, Gerald S., 1978Book
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The Opium War - Inglis, Brian, 1976Book
The Foreign Office and the First Chinese Indemnity Loan, 1895 - D. McLean, 1973Article
Commerce, Finance, and British Diplomatic Support in China, 1885-86 - David McLean,1973
Article
Finance and "Informal Empire" before the First World War - David Mclean, 1976Article
British Business in China, 1860s-1950s - Jürgen OsterhammelChapter
Gentlemanly and Not-so-Gentlemanl Imperialism in China before the First World War -Niels P. Petersson
Chapter
Foreign Devils, Finance and Informal Empire: Britain and China c. 1900-1912 - IanPhimister, 2006
Article
Economic change in China, c. 1800-1950 - Richardson, Philip, Economic History Society,1999
Book
Sir Claude MacDonald, the open door, and British informal empire in China, 1895-1900 -Wilgus, Mary H., 1987
Book
Deadly dreams: opium, imperialism and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China - Wong, J. Y.,1998
Book
British policy in China, 1895-1902 - Young, Leonard Kenneth, 1970Book
14. Protectionists (21 items)
14.1 Core Texts (3 items)
Political Economy and Edwardian England: the Tariff-reform Controversy - P. J. CainChapter | Essential
British Imperialism: 1688-2015 - P.J. Cain, A. G. Hopkins, 2016
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The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914 - E. H. H. GreenChapter | Essential
14.2 Supplementary (18 items)
Joseph Chamberlain: Radicalism and empire, 1868-1914 - Fraser, Peter, 1966Book
Balfour's burden: Arthur Balfour and imperial preference - Gollin, Alfred, 1965Book | Look especially at chapters 1 and 2 on Joseph Chamberlain.
Radical Conservatism: The Electoral Genesis of Tariff Reform - E. H. H. Green, 1985Article
Gentlemanly capitalism and British economic policy, 1880-1914: the debate overbimetalllism and protectionism - E. H. H. Green
Chapter
Radical Joe: a life of Joseph Chamberlain - Judd, Denis, 1977Book
Balfour and the British Empire: a study in Imperial evolution 1874-1932 - Judd, Denis, 1968Book
British business and protection, 1903-1932 - Marrison, Andrew, 1995Book
Robert Giffen and the Tariff Reform Campaign, 1865-1910 - Roger S. MasonArticle
Protection, Federation and Union: The Global Impact of the McKinley Tariff upon the BritishEmpire, 1890–94 - Marc-William Palen, 2010
Article
Imperialism and social reform: English social-imperial thought, 1895-1914 - Semmel,Bernard, 1960
Book | Chapters 4 and 5.
Tariff reform in British politics, 1903-1913 - Sykes, Alan, 1979Book
Tariff Reform: An Imperial Strategy, 1903-1913 - Andrew S. Thompson, 1997Article
The empire strikes back?: the impact of imperialism on Britain from the mid-nineteenth
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century - Thompson, Andrew S., 2005Book | Chapter 7: 'Metropolitan economics'
Imperial Britain: the empire in British politics, c.1880-1932 - Thompson, Andrew S., 2000Book
Responding to Globalization?: Churchill and Dundee in 1908 - J. Tomlinson, 2010Article
The British Government and Imperial Economic Unity, 1890-1895 - Luke Trainor, 1970Article
The struggle for imperial unity (1865-1895) - Tyler, J. E., 1938Book
Joseph Chamberlain and the Genesis of Tariff Reform - Sydney H. Zebel, 1967Article
15. Critics: Richard Cobden (6 items)
15.1 Core texts (2 items)
Cobden, Richard (1804–1865) - Miles TaylorChapter | Essential
Capitalism, War and Internationalism in the Thought of Richard Cobden - Peter Cain, 1979Article
15.2 Supplementary (4 items)
Rethinking nineteenth-century liberalism: Richard Cobden bicentenary essays - Howe,Anthony, Morgan, Simon, 2007
Book
The Anti-Imperialism of Free Trade - Oliver MacDonagh, 1962Article
The rise of free trade imperialism: classical political economy, the empire of free trade andimperialism, 1750-1850 - Semmel, Bernard, 2004
Book | Chapter 7
Imperium and Libertas? Rethinking the radical critique of imperialism during thenineteenth century - Miles Taylor, 1991
Article
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16. Critics: J. A. Hobson (21 items)
16.1 Core Texts (4 items)
Imperialism: A Study - J. A. Hobson, 1902Document | Copies of this text are available on several websites. This link allows you to
access a facsimile of the first edition as a PDF file which has the advantage of the retainingthe original pagination.
Hobson, John Atkinson (1858–1940) - Michael FreedenChapter | Essential
J. A. Hobson, Cobdenism, and the Radical Theory of Economic Imperialism, 1898-1914 - P.J. Cain, 1978
Article | Essential
Hobson and imperialism: radicalism, new liberalism, and finance 1887-1938 - Cain, P. J.,2002
Article | The best current study of Hobson's ideas about imperialism. The entire bookcan be recommended, but for this topic looks especially at chapters 4 and 5.
16.2 Supplementary (17 items)
New liberalism: the political economy of J.A. Hobson - Allett, John, c1981Book | Chapter 5
Hobson's Developing Theory of Imperialism - P. J. Cain, 1981Article
J. A. Hobson, Financial Capitalism and Imperialism in Late Victorian and EdwardianEngland - P. J. Cain, 1985
Article
Hobson, Free Trade, and Imperialism - P. F. Clarke, 1981Article | This is a reply to Cain’s ‘J.A. Hobson, Cobdenism, and the Radical Theory of
Economic Imperialism, 1898-1914’, to which Cain himself responds in the same volume.
Theories of imperialism: war, conquest and capital - Etherington, Norman, 1984Book | Chapter 4
'Imperialism': An Historiographical Revision - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1961Article
The theory of capitalist imperialism - Fieldhouse, D. K., 1967Book | This book is a collection of documents showing the development of the 'theory'.
It also has a substantial introduction.
Economics and empire, 1830-1914 - D. K. Fieldhouse, 1984
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Book | Chapter 1 and 3.
The economics of European imperialism - Hodgart, Alan, 1977Book | Chapter 4.
Theories of imperialism - Kemp, Tom, 1967Book | Chapters 1 and 3
Imperialism: the story and significance of a political word, 1840-1960 - Koebner, Richard,Schmidt, Helmut Dan, 1964
Book | Chapter 10
Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism: a popular outline - Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 2008,c1939
Book | One of the definitive, although by no means only or most original, statements ofthe Marxist theory of capitalist finance.
Critics of empire: British Radical attitudes to colonialism in Africa 1895-1914 - Porter,Bernard, 1968
Book
The liberal ideal and the demons of empire: theories of imperialism from Adam Smith toLenin - Semmel, Bernard, 1993
Book | Chapter 6
J.A. Hobson - Townshend, Jules, 1990Book
The debate on the rise of the British empire - Webster, Anthony, 2006Book | Chapter 3
J. A. Hobson and British Imperialism - John Cunningham Wood, 1983Article
17. Costs and benefits (10 items)
The Political Economy of British Imperialism: Measures of Benefits and Support - Lance E.Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, 1982
Article | Essential
Mammon and the pursuit of Empire: the political economy of British imperialism,1860-1912 - Lance Edwin Davis, Robert A. Huttenback, 1986
Book | British economy
Accounting for the British empire - A. G. HopkinsArticle
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The Costs and Benefits of British Imperialism 1846-1914 - Paul Kennedy, 1989Article
The Costs and Benefits of British Imperialism 1846-1914 - Patrick K. O'Brien, 1988Article
The Costs and Benefits of British Imperialism 1846-1914: Reply - Patrick K. O'Brien, 1989Article
Cost and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914 - Avner OferChapter
The British Empire, 1870-1914: A Waste of Money? - Avner Offer, 1993Article
The Balance Sheet of Empire, 1850-1914 - Andrew Porter, 1988Article
The empire strikes back?: the impact of imperialism on Britain from the mid-nineteenthcentury - Thompson, Andrew S., 2005
Book | Chapter 7: 'Metropolitan economics'
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