Hobson and Imperialism: Radicalism, New Liberalism and Finance, 1887-1938

Title Page......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
1:  Introduction......Page 12
Hobson\'s Liberal Inheritance......Page 26
Liberalism, Idealism, and Social Reform......Page 28
\'The Physiology of Industry\'......Page 36
Hobson, Ruskin, and New Liberalism......Page 41
Individualism, Society, and the State......Page 49
Parasitism and Industry......Page 51
Conclusion......Page 56
The Radical Tradition......Page 58
Hobson\'s Early Writings......Page 64
Hobson, Rhodes, and the Jameson Raid......Page 70
New Liberalism and the \'Progressive Review\'......Page 74
Free Trade and Foreign Policy......Page 78
Reconciling Free Trade and Anti-imperialism......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 90
Introduction:  The Origins of \'Imperialism:  A Study\'......Page 92
The Boer War and Financial Imperialism......Page 94
Radicalism in War......Page 98
From \'Ethical World\' to \'The War in South Africa\'......Page 101
\'The Psychology of Jingoism\'......Page 110
The Emergence of \'Imperialism:  A Study\', 1901-1902......Page 114
Finance the \'Governor of the Imperial Engine\'?......Page 125
Hobson\'s Economics of Imperialism:  A Critical Appraisal......Page 133
5:  Imperialism:  A Study:  Parasitism and Industry......Page 136
The Ethics of Industrialism......Page 137
Liberalism and Imperialism......Page 140
The Future of Imperialism:  China......Page 144
The Future of Imperialism:  The White Empire and Empire Unity......Page 152
Industry, Democracy, and Internationalism......Page 156
Imperialism and the \'Lower Races\'......Page 163
India, China, and Industrialism......Page 166
Hobson, the Radical Tradition, and Imperialism......Page 169
The Reception of \'Imperialism:  A Study\'......Page 172
Introduction:  Hobson\'s Contradictions......Page 176
From Financiers to Finance Capitalism......Page 178
Imperialism and the North-South Divide......Page 183
Defending Free Trade......Page 188
\'An Economic Interpretation of Investment\'......Page 196
Hobson\'s Dilemmas:  A Critique......Page 206
Hobson\'s Later Years......Page 211
Hobson and the First World War......Page 213
\'Democracy After the War\'......Page 217
The 1920s:  Imperialism and World Development......Page 223
The 1930s:  Back to \'Imperialism:  A Study\'......Page 231
The Problem of Power......Page 235
Constructing \'Hobson\':  The Emergence of a Classic Text, 1914-1938......Page 237
Hobson on Imperialism:  A Summary......Page 244
8:  Hobson Lives?  Finance, Finance Capitalism, and British Imperialism, 1870-1914......Page 252
Foreign Investment and the British Economy......Page 253
The Costs and Benefits of Imperialism......Page 258
Hobson and the Scramble for Tropical Africa......Page 263
The Egyptian Crisis and the Occupation of 1882......Page 266
The Origins of the Boer War:  Imperialism in South Africa in the 1890s......Page 271
Britain and China, 1895-1914......Page 282
Conclusion:  Finance, Finance Capitalism, and Imperialism......Page 288
Bibliography of Works Cited......Page 296
Index......Page 324