This book examines the history of empire and its influence on capitalism. Taking inspiration from Vladimir Lenin’s essay
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, the thoughtful chapters explore how workers and resources in Africa, Latin America, and Asia were exploited by capitalist colonizers. Particular attention is given to the empires of Great Britain, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States.
This book aims to trace the historical development of capitalism and its reliance of colonialism, and is relevant to those interested in economics, development studies, international relations, and global politics.
Зміст
1. Idea of Imperialism and Capitalism, Aristotle, Kautilya, Lenin.- 2. British empire and British Industrial revolution.- 3. Financing Industrial Revolution.- 4. Consequences of British industrialization.- 5. American Empire and its consequence.- 6. Dutch Empire and consequence.- 7. Japanese Empire and consequence.- 8. Russian Empire and consequence: Refutation of Lenin’s theory.- 9. Lenin’s theory of capitalism.
Про автора
Dipak Basu is the Emeritus Professor in Economics in Nagasaki University, Japan. He is a Ph D from the University of Birmingham, and previously he was a Research Officer in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, and a Lecturer in Econometrics in the Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Oxford.
Victoria Miroshnik is the professor in Management in Reitaku University, Japan. She is a Ph D from the University of Glasgow, and previously she was Professor in Jindal Global University, New Delhi, India and Associate Professor in Tsukuba University, Tokyo, Japan and Ritsumeikan University, Beppu, Japan.
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