{"product_id":"the-rise-of-free-trade-imperialism-classical-political-economy-the-empire-of-free-trade-and-imperialism-1750-1850-paperback-9780521548151","title":"The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism; Classical Political Economy the Empire of Free Trade and Imperialism 1750–1850 (Paperback) 9780521548151","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise of Free Trade Imperialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClassical Political Economy the Empire of Free Trade and Imperialism 1750–1850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book seeks to uncover some of the intellectual origins of the imperialism of the classic period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernard Semmel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521548151, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 February 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.404 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Rise of Free Trade Imperialism seeks to uncover some of the intellectual origins of the imperialism of the classic period, the sources from which later theories of imperialism were constructed, and the character of the ideology which underlay the dismantling of the old colonial system and the construction of the Victorian Pax Britannica. The author discusses the development and diffusion of a number of the central arguments of the 'science' of political economy, from the standpoint of a historian rather than an economist, which were crucial not only to the construction of theories of capitalist imperialism, but also served as a spur both to efforts at colonization, and to establishing a British Workshop of the World.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theory and politics of Free Trade Empire in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 3. The agrarian critique and the emergence of orthodoxy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The third school: Wakefield and the radical economists\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Wakefield program for middle-class empire\u003cbr\u003e 6. Parliament, political economy, and the Workshop of the World\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cobdenism and the 'dismal science'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mercantilist revival\u003cbr\u003e 9. Classical political economy, the Empire of Free Trade, and imperialism\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908918272280,"sku":"9780521548151","price":40.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521548151i_27ed4ec3-7e15-4da1-97fb-b4dfedb6086f.jpg?v=1691369509","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-of-free-trade-imperialism-classical-political-economy-the-empire-of-free-trade-and-imperialism-1750-1850-paperback-9780521548151","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}