Rational empires
Subtitle: institutional incentives and imperial expansion
By: Leo J. Blanken
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226056739; 9780226056746
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Imperialism; Territorial expansion; Colonies; History; Acquisition of territory; Foreign relations; Colonization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The enduring puzzles of formal imperialism; title: An institutional theory of formal imperialism; title: The curiously courteous scramble: the case of tropical Africa; title: Failing to carve the dragon: the case of Qing dynasty China; title: From plunder to public goods: the case of British India; title: Conclusions: the past and future of rational empires.