Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire Abridged Edition: The Economics of British Imperialism

by Robert A. Huttenback and Lance E. Davis

Book Overview

Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire investment? What were the social costs of maintaining the empire? Who received the profits, and who bore the costs? The authors show that colonial finance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521357233
• ISBN13: 9780521357234
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"