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World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments
on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the
nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and
the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history also saw the
conception of the first surface-to-air guided missile systems:
technology pioneered by German scientists and engineers through an
extensive development programme which ran from 1942 to 1945.
Although the programme did not achieve its main objective - to
introduce a functional weapon system into the Luftwaffe air defence
network - German research and development in most aspects of the
technology was ahead of comparable research in the United Kingdom
and the United States. The history of the transfer of German SAM
technology to the Allies after 1945 has previously been
overshadowed by the well-published transfers of the V-1 and V-2
guided missiles. This book presents the first complete history of
Germany's wartime development of surface-to-air missile (SAM)
technology, how the Allies acquired this secret research towards
the end of World War II in Europe and in the early postwar period,
and how they then exploited this knowledge.
James Mill was the consummate utilitarian economist and theorist:
his numerous intellectual interests and practical pursuits shatter
the net boundaries of modern specialist scholarship in social
science.Mill's many-sided genius was primarily a product of the age
in which he lived. The late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries saw a remarkable flowering of intellectual genius in
Scotland in all of the arts and sciences, which gave the country a
leading place in the broad European movement known as the
Enlightenment, Mill being in fact only one of many brilliant men
Scotland produced at that time.Mill's writings in this volume,
first published in 1966, cover his development as an economist and
are an attempt to assess his contribution to classic political
economy. Particular attention is paid to the formative but less
well-known pre-Benthamite period of his life. The volume opens with
a substantial biographical assessment of Mill's life and work. The
selections are specifically divided into four groups consisting of:
early economic writings ("An Essay of the Impolicy of a Bounty on
the Exportation of Grain," "Commerce Defended," and "Smith on Money
and Exchange"); James Mill and David Ricardo ("Elements of
Political Economy"); Mill on scope and method ("Whether Political
Economy is Useful"); and Mill and India ("History of British
India"). Donald Winch provides an introduction to each section that
contextualizes the essays in Mill's own work and the economic
thought of the time.James Mill: Selected Economic Writings is sure
to be of interest to students of economic theory and social policy.
One of the founders of utilitarianism, he adopted that doctrine to
both British conditions and Britain's broader imperial
pursuits.Donald Winch is professor of economics at the University
of Sussex. He has authored and edited many books and papers on
economics, economic theory, economic policy and economic history.
The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is
explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the
development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as
the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK
Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered.
Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and
problems facing the sport in south Asia are outlined.
The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is
explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the
development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as
the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK
Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered.
Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and
problems facing the sport in south Asia are outlined.
James Mill was the consummate utilitarian economist and
theorist: his numerous intellectual interests and practical
pursuits shatter the net boundaries of modern specialist
scholarship in social science.
Mill's many-sided genius was primarily a product of the age in
which he lived. The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
saw a remarkable flowering of intellectual genius in Scotland in
all of the arts and sciences, which gave the country a leading
place in the broad European movement known as the Enlightenment,
Mill being in fact only one of many brilliant men Scotland produced
at that time.
Mill's writings in this volume, first published in 1966, cover
his development as an economist and are an attempt to assess his
contribution to classic political economy. Particular attention is
paid to the formative but less well-known pre-Benthamite period of
his life. The volume opens with a substantial biographical
assessment of Mill's life and work. The selections are specifically
divided into four groups consisting of: early economic writings
("An Essay of the Impolicy of a Bounty on the Exportation of
Grain," "Commerce Defended," and "Smith on Money and Exchange");
James Mill and David Ricardo ("Elements of Political Economy");
Mill on scope and method ("Whether Political Economy is Useful");
and Mill and India ("History of British India"). Donald Winch
provides an introduction to each section that contextualizes the
essays in Mill's own work and the economic thought of the time.
James Mill: Selected Economic Writings is sure to be of interest
to students of economic theory and social policy. One of the
founders of utilitarianism, he adopted that doctrine to both
British conditions and Britain's broader imperial pursuits.
Donald Winch is professor of economics at the University of
Sussex. He has authored and edited many books and papers on
economics, economic theory, economic policy and economic
history.
James Mill (1773-1836) was a Scottish political philosopher,
economist and proponent of Utilitarianism. He was the father of
John Stuart Mill. Originally published in 1937, this book presents
the complete text of Mill's An Essay on Government. An editorial
introduction and textual notes are also included. This book will be
of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Mill and
political history.
James Mill's three volume History of British India was published
from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of
Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more
on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive
sources rather than first-hand experience to create, as his preface
claims, an 'objective' yet 'critical' history, often making harsh
judgements of the country and its people within the context of a
wider theoretical framework. He also criticises the British
involvement in India and the process of conquest, colonization, and
administration, the intention being to encourage the reader to a
greater understanding of historical processes, ideas, and
institutions with a view to encouraging thorough reform. Volume 1
examines the history from first encounters of the British in India
to the formation of the Honourable East India Company in 1708, with
studies of the Hindu and Muslim people and religions.
James Mill's three volume History of British India was published
from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of
Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more
on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive
sources rather than first-hand experience to create, as his preface
claims, an 'objective' yet 'critical' history, often making harsh
judgements of the country and its people within the context of a
wider theoretical framework. He also criticises the British
involvement in India and the process of conquest, colonization, and
administration, the intention being to encourage the reader to a
greater understanding of historical processes, ideas, and
institutions with a view to encouraging thorough reform. Volume 2
covers the period from the establishment of the Honourable East
India Company in 1708 to East India Company Act of 1773, and from
this to Pitt's India Act of 1784.
James Mill's three volume History of British India was published
from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of
Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more
on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive
sources rather than first-hand experience to create, as his preface
claims, an 'objective' yet 'critical' history, often making harsh
judgements of the country and its people within the context of a
theoretical framework. He also criticises the British involvement
in India and the process of conquest, colonization, and
administration, the intention being to encourage the reader to a
greater understanding of historical processes, ideas, and
institutions with a view to encouraging thorough reform. Volume 3
examines the history of the colony from Pitt's India Act in 1784 to
the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War and the peace between the
British and Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar in 1805.
James Mill (1773-1836) is today best known as Jeremy Bentham's chief disciple and John Stuart Mill's father. Yet Mill himself was a formidable and important Utilitarian thinker in his own right, who earned the respect of even those who disagreed with him. His range was enormous (historian, political philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, and economist), repeatedly crossing the disciplinary boundaries we take for granted today. This volume presents a wide sampling of Mill's political writings and polemical essays. It begins with his classic work, the Essay on Government, it also includes pieces on the protection of rights, the importance of education, the free press, the secret ballot, and government's use of punishment against those who violate the rights of fellow citizens. The collection concludes with Macauley's famous critique of the Essay, and Mill's heretofore unnoticed reply in his Fragment on Mackintosh (1835). This is the first time that such a selection of Mill's political works has appeared as one volume.
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