Lectures on Colonization and Colonies: Volume 2
Delivered before the University of Oxford in 1839, 1840, and 1841

An influential series of lectures discussing the economic effects of contemporary colonization, first published in 1841.

Herman Merivale (Author)

9781108020947, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

342 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg

Herman Merivale (1806–1874) was an English civil servant, historian and economist. After graduating from Trinity College, Oxford, in 1827 he was called to the bar in 1832. Merivale was elected Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford in 1837, and was appointed Permanent Under-Secretary to the Colonies in 1848. These volumes, first published in 1841, contain Merivale's influential series of lectures on the political economy of colonization which he delivered at the University of Oxford in 1839, 1840 and 1841. He discusses a broad range of topics related to colonization, analyzing its economic effects on the mother country through emigration and discussing the laws governing the generation of wealth and growth of colonies. His lectures also include an influential criticism of the Wakefield Scheme of colonization and provide valuable insights into contemporary opinions on the economic management of colonies. Volume 2 contains Lectures 12–22.

Part III continued. Progress of Wealth and Society in Colonies: 12. Employment of convict labour
13. Methods of obtaining labour in colonies without slaves or convicts
14. Disposal of land in new colonies
15. Effects of the disposal of land in new colonies by free grant, and by sale at low prices, examined, especially in North America
16. Effects of the disposal of land in colonies at high prices
17. Examination of some subjects connected with the disposal of land in new colonies
18. Policy of colonial governments towards native tribes, as regards their protection and their civilization
19. The same subject continued
20. Progress of wealth in colonies
21. Expenditure of colonial revenues
22. Social and political characteristics of colonial communities.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]