The 1870s is a key decade in the evolution of British thinking
about the nature, purpose, and future of empire. Increasing
economic competition began to disturb the complacent assumption
about Britain's leadership in technology and in the world economy.
The growth of other countries, most notably the United States and
Germany, put in question Britain's survival as a great power. These
changes set in motion a reappraisal of Britain's empire and its
importance to the motherland, and a heated debated as to whether
colonialism and imperialism were a burden rather than a benefit to
Britain. The discussion of the 1870s set the agenda for the debates
of the next half-century. This volume documents the writing central
to the debate; it includes contributions by such leading British
thinkers and statesmen as J. A. Froude, Robert Lowe, Edward Dicey,
Frederic Seebohm, Lord Carnarvon, Gladstone, Julius Vogel, and Lord
Blachford.
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