New Liberal Imperialism

Empire

1. How Britain succeeded in conquering the world?
2. Empire a good or a bad thing?

Bad aspect of colonization

[Marxist] It exploits colonized people.

[Liberals] It distorts market forces. Need of spending taxes in domestic industry, nor colony.

Cobden: Commerce alone is panacea. There is no need for gunboats.

Empire and globalization

Empire exported institutions, laws back, but often needed gunboats ⇒ foreign investments in colonies.

1. English language
2. Forms of land tenure
3. Scottish & English banking
4. Common law

Notes

1. Protestantism
2. Team sports
3. Liberal state
4. Representative assemblies
5. Idea of liberty

Empire

1. How Britain succeeded in conquering the world?
2. Empire a good or a bad thing?

Bad aspect of colonization

[Marxist] It exploits colonized people.

[Liberals] It distorts market forces. Need of spending taxes in domestic industry, nor colony.

Cobden: Commerce alone is panacea. There is no need for gunboats.

Empire and globalization

Empire exported institutions, laws, but often it needed gunboats. Foreign investments in colonies.

1. English language
2. Forms of land tenure
3. Scottish & English banking
4. Common law

Notes

1. Protestantism
2. Team sports
3. Liberal state
4. Representative assemblies
5. Idea of liberty

Globalization promoted by Britain

Commodity markets - labour markets.

Culture - government - capital markets - warfare.

Conclusion

Empire buckled under the two W.W.

The summarized benefits: free trade and English language.

Now 28% of investments in developing world.

In 1913 63%.

Common law inheritance as good protection for investors.

Former British colonies have more chances of democratization.

Washbrook

In post-Napoleonic era, new age of military fiscalism based on Indian precedents.

Oriental despotism.

Law courts tried to contrast them but failed.

Customary law substituted by statutory law.

Village community idea provided legitimation for English revenue practices.

Peasantry weren't able to rebel because of disarmed. Ideological campaign too.

Britain asked collaboration of Brahmans - scribal gentries (revenue bureaucracy).

Rajputs & Bumihars (empire hierarchy princes and nobleman land aristocracy).

Immoveable society, stable privileges.

Green

Since 15th century land & liberty characterized English people.

Common law warrant English right from crown.

Political writers, such as Coke, invented an ancient constitution acting to protect people against the crown.

The "idea of free-born Englishman" encouraged the development of an imperial identity.

Also Protestantism was important.

Durante '700: -> mobilità sociale - trade.

Colonie simbolo prosperità impero.

"How much were colonies included in the identity?

Immigrants claimed the same privileges.

During 19th century new wave of imperialism.

European used the exportation of law to subject colonized (tool of imperialism).

In the white settlements they claimed Europeans as an identity element, that declared their superiority.

Attempts to establish English legislation also to legitimate the land possession they want.

They wanted to be considered brethrens.

But in England considered outpost of British power.

Colony as subordinate of kingdom.

After 7 years war debate.