THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF COLONIALISM
Genre:
History
Author:
Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy
Publisher:
Bristol U.P. - Policy Press
Language:
English
AUTHOR BIO:
Leigh Gardner is Associate Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Research Associate in African Economic History at Stellenbosch University. Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics.
Pages:
244
Publication:
2020
Rights available:
All except China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:
Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world.
With special reference to European colonialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Asia and Africa, this book:
•critically reviews the literature on colonialism and economic growth;
•covers a range of different methods of analysis;
•offers a comparative approach, as opposed to a collection of regional histories, deftly weaving together different themes.
With debates around globalization, migration, global finance and environmental change intensifying, this authoritative account of the relationship between colonialism and economic development makes an invaluable contribution to several distinct literatures in economic history.
CONTENTS:
Colonial and Indigenous Origins of Comparative Development
Origins of Colonialism: Is There One Story?
Colonialism as an Agent of Globalization
Growth and Development in the Colonies
Debates about Costs and Benefits
How Colonial States Worked
Did Institutions Matter?
Colonialism and the Environment
Business and Empires
Decolonization and the End of Empire
Summary and conclusion
REVIEWS:
"The authors provide a clear and balanced guide to a burgeoning literature. Emphasizing diversity of outcomes, they consider how colonizers and colonized stimulated or hindered their respective economies, in the light of environmental constraints." --William G. Clarence-Smith, SOAS University of London "This wide-ranging overview brings together work by economists and historians working on the economy, business and the environment. It is an essential text on any undergraduate syllabus concerning colonial economies." --James Fenske, University of Warwick "This is a useful antidote for students against the rather superficial work that tends to blame underdevelopment in Asia and Africa simply on the legacies of colonialism.’’ &nb...
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