Character, Ethics and Economics: British Debates on Empire, 1860-1914

ISBN-13: 9780367585457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

Peter Cain

Opis

This book is an examination of the concept of 'character' as a moral marker in the 19th and 20th centuries. It investigates how the 'character talk' that helped shape elite Britons' sense of themselves was used at this time to convince audiences that empire could be morally and materially justified and was a great force for good.

Spis treści

Preface Chapter 1. Character, Virtue and British Imperialism Chapter 2. Justifying Empire: An Overview Chapter 3. Boundless Spaces: Character, 'Greater Britain' and 'Anglo-Saxondom' Chapter 4. Cromer, character and Imperialism: The British Financial Administration of Egypt, 1878-1908 Chapter 5. Character, Ordered Liberty and the Civilising Mission in India and Tropical Africa Chapter . The Civilising Mission in India and Tropical Africa: Critics and Doubters, 1860-1914 Chapter 7. The Civilising Mission as the End of Empire? C.H. Pearson and his Critics Epilogue Bibliography Index

O autorze

P. J. Cain is Emeritus Professor of History at Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom. He is the author, with A. G. Hopkins, of British Imperialism, 1688-2015 (3rd edition 2016).