Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire
Subtitle: The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 18601912 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 30, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780521236119
Subjects: Economic history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History; Imperialism; Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; Renaissance; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; Great Britain--Colonies--Economic conditions; History / Renaissance; History : Renaissance; Colonies; Economic Conditions; Economic policy; Great Britain
First sentence: Few questions have engendered as much reappraisal, reinterpretation and recasting as Western imperialism in the late nineteenth century.