The Ideals of Empire - Economic and Political Thought, 1903-1913 (Hardcover)

This set focuses on the influential economic and political commentators who saw weaknesses in the infrastructure of the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century. Dubbed "Idealists of Empire", they saw that the British Empire seemed to have no governing principles, no structure and no guiding ideals. Sir John Seeley's famous quote of 1883 sums up this view: "we seem to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind". The mission of the idealists was to find an Imperial solution to this problem. The idealists of Empire documented their findings as they looked more systematically at the Empire's external challenges and internal workings, in terms of politics, economics and strategy. The texts published in this collection represent some important contributions to the early 20th-century debate on the fate of the Empire.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Empire
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	1999
Introduction by:	Ewen Green
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover
Pages:	2642
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-19467-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-415-19467-9
Barcode:	9780415194679

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