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Colonial theories of institutional development : toward a model of styles of imperialism

Oto-Peralías, Daniel; Romero-Ávila, Diego - 2017

development in former colonies. It presents a model of two styles of imperialism that integrates the colonial origin and endowment …-oriented’ style, which was pragmatic and sensitive to initial conditions. For this style of imperialism the endowment view is … applicable. In contrast, France employed a ‘politically-oriented’ style of imperialism, in which ideological and political …

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Rethinking Imperialism : A Study of Capitalist Rule

Milios, John; Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P. - 2009

This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive …

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The House of Tata Meets the Second Industrial Revolution : An Institutional Analysis of Tata Iron and Steel Co. in Colonial India

Nomura, Chikayoshi - 2018

1 Introduction -- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century -- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period -- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization...

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The Story of Indian Manufacturing : Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)

Seth, Vijay K. - 2018

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...

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Modern Global Trade and the Asian Regional Economy

Shiroyama, Tomoko (ed.) - 2018

This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s. Since then, Japanese historians of the...

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Botswana – A Modern Economic History : An African Diamond in the Rough

Hillbom, Ellen; Bolt, Jutta - 2018

“Many people have tried to draw lessons from Botswana’s apparent economic success, and linked it to unique features of the country’s history. In this book, Bolt and Hillbom have used detailed historical research to tell the story of that success, and suggest that it is perhaps not so...

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Imperial Theory and Colonial Pragmatism : Charles Harper, Economic Development and Agricultural Co-operation in Australia

Gilchrist, David J. - 2017

This book considers the role played by co-operative agriculture as a critical economic model which, in Australia, helped build public capital, drive economic development and impact political arrangements. In the case of colonial Western Australia, the story of agricultural co-operation is...

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British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems

Narsey, Wadan Lal - 2016

money market, and cheap finance to the British Government. This book provides a new perspective on theories of imperialism …

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Rosa Luxemburg: A Permanent Challenge for Political Economy : On the History and the Present of Luxemburg's 'Accumulation of Capital'

Dellheim, Judith (ed.); Wolf, Frieder Otto (ed.) - 2016

work, The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to an Economic Explanation of Imperialism, published in 1913. Eleven … Kovalevsky, the imperialism debate in German social democracy, and the critical reception of Luxemburg's work from Marxist and …

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Emerging from an Entrenched Colonial Economy : New Zealand Primary Production, Britain and the EEC, 1945 - 1975

Hall, David - 2017

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes...

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