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Front Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Free Trade in Britain, 1776-2016 -- 2: The East India Companies' Procurement and the Rise of the British Cotton Textile Industry -- 3: Chinese Industrialization -- 4: British Imperialism and Globalization: British West Africa, 1821-1900 -- 5: Globalization, Development, and African Agency in British West Africa -- 6: The British Empire and West Africa in the Nineteenth Century -- 7: The Great Depression, Protectionism, and the Rise of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Africa -- 8: Labor and Environment in Nineteenth-Century Tamilnad, India -- 9: Imperialism, Globalization, and Inequality: The Indian Story -- 10: The Quest for Security in New Zealand and Australia, 1930-1960 -- Patrick O'Brien: List of Publications -- Index -- Tabula Gratulatoria.
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.
9781800103610
Industrielle Revolution
Großbritannien
Industrial revolution-Great Britain. Great Britain-Colonies-History. Great Britain-Colonies-Economic policy. Great Britain-Territorial expansion.