These essays are in honour of David Fieldhouse, economic historian of the modern British empire. The subjects range across the economic and administrative fields of British imperial history from the late 1700s, embracing Africa and Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Many essays address Fieldhouse's own areas of scholarly engagement: colonialism, economics and business, strategies of rule, and decolonization. Others survey Fieldhouse's published work and assess it historiographically in the context of theories of imperialism and post-colonial studies.
These essays are in honour of David Fieldhouse, economic historian of the modern British empire. The subjects range across the economic and administra...
During these years of rebellion and political crisis in Canada, the traditional political and economic bases of Britain's colonial system were being revised with the coming of free trade and the acceptance of responsible government. This collection of documents presents the views of a small, influential group of Englishmen on Canadian questions and imperial relations.
During these years of rebellion and political crisis in Canada, the traditional political and economic bases of Britain's colonial system were being r...
