Format:
1 online resource (vii, 400 pages)
ISBN:
9780511792076
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9781108025140
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British and Irish history, 19th century
Content:
J. A. Hobson (18581940) was an English economist and early socialist, whose writings on capitalism and industrialism influenced Lenin and Trotsky, and were highly regarded by John Maynard Keynes. Imperialism, published in 1902, is considered his most important work. Employed as a war correspondent by the Manchester Guardian to report on the Second Boer War, he became convinced that imperial expansion was driven by the desire to find new markets and investment opportunities, resulting in capitalistic exploitation of the colonies. He argued that imperial policies were a fundamental cause of international conflict, as greed led to aggression and militarism. While modern critics have seen weaknesses in his arguments, such as his failure to examine the development of the British Empire out of early private trading enterprises, Hobson was a very influential and prolific writer and social theorist, who helped shape British welfare policy in the twentieth century
Note:
Originally published in London by James Nisbet in 1902
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108025140
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108025140
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511792076
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Author information:
Hobson, John Atkinson 1858-1940
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