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The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Colonies, Commerce, and Constitutional Law - Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria and Other Writings on Spain and Spanish America (Hardcover)
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The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Colonies, Commerce, and Constitutional Law - Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria and Other Writings on Spain and Spanish America (Hardcover)
Series: The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham
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Colonies, Commerce, and Constitutional Law is a major theoretical
analysis of the harmful effects of colonies on commerce and
constitiutional democracy, and is one of the most important studies
of colonialism written in the nineteenth century. Of the four
essays collected in this voloume, three have been edited directly
from the original manuscript sources. The only essay to have
appeared in print, Observations on the Restrictive and Prohibitory
Commercial System', is generally regarded as an early classic
statement of the beneficial effects of freedom of trade. In the
these pioneering essays written in 1820-2, Bentham provided a
penetrating critique of colonialism from within the liberal
utilitarian tradition. Applying his general principles to the case
of Spain and Spanish America, he argued that any attempt by Spain
to maintain dominion over her Empire, or even to maintain a claim
to the dominion was fundamentally misguided. Colonies were not a
source of wealth to the colonizing country, but rather led to the
imposition of increased taxation. This book is intended for
scholars of modern British, European, and Latin American history;
especially historians of ideas; historians of
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