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A turn to empire : the rise of imperial liberalism in Britain and France /

A dramatic shift in British and French ideas about empire unfolded in the sixty years straddling the turn of the nineteenth century. As Jennifer Pitts shows in A Turn to Empire, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Jeremy Bentham were among many at the start of this period to criticize European empires as...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pitts, Jennifer, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Liberalism, Pluralism, and Empire; Scope and Summary; Historical Contexts; Part 1: Critics Of Empire; Chapter 2: Adam Smith on Societal Development and Colonial Rule; Chapter 3: Edmund Burke's Peculiar Universalism; Part 2: Utilitarians And The Turn To Empire In Britain; Chapter 4: Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World?; Chapter 5: James and John Stuart Mill: The Development of Imperial Liberalism in Britain; Part 3: Liberals And The Turn To Empire In France; Chapter 6: The Liberal Volte-Face in France.
  • Chapter 7: Tocqueville and the Algeria QuestionChapter 8: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.