ID: | 6007 |
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Entry Text: | Davis, Lance Edwin & Huttenback, Robert A. Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire: The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860-1912. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History Series. New York: Cambridge UP, 1986, 1988, 448 pp. Massive project, 48 research assistants; controversial conclusions: home investment as profitable as foreign, defense was financial burden on Britain, not on empire; beneficiaries: landed & financial elites of Southeast England. |