Gentlemanly Capitalism, Imperialism and Global History
Author: S. Akita
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002-10-31
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1403919402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish imperial history can now be seen as a bridge to global history. This study tries to renew the debate on British imperialism by combining Western and Asian historiography and constructing a new global history as an aid to the understanding of globalization in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part One takes a predominantly metropolitan view of the globalizing forces unleashed by British imperialism; Part Two focuses on the international order of East Asia and its connection with gentlemanly capitalism.