Title A turn to empire : the rise of imperial liberalism in Britain and France / Jennifer Pitts

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages) Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Liberalism, Pluralism, and Empire; Scope and Summary; Historical Contexts; Part 1: Critics Of Empire; Chapter 2: Adam Smith on Societal Development and Colonial Rule; Chapter 3: Edmund Burke's Peculiar Universalism; Part 2: Utilitarians And The Turn To Empire In Britain; Chapter 4: Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World?; Chapter 5: James and John Stuart Mill: The Development of Imperial Liberalism in Britain; Part 3: Liberals And The Turn To Empire In France; Chapter 6: The Liberal Volte-Face in France Chapter 7: Tocqueville and the Algeria QuestionChapter 8: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z Summary A dramatic shift in British and French ideas about empire unfolded in the sixty years straddling the turn of the nineteenth century. As Jennifer Pitts shows in A Turn to Empire, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Jeremy Bentham were among many at the start of this period to criticize European empires as unjust as well as politically and economically disastrous for the conquering nations. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the most prominent British and French liberal thinkers, including John Stuart Mill and Alexis de Tocqueville, vigorously supported the conquest of non-European peoples. Pitts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index Notes Print version record Subject Imperialism -- History -- 18th century Imperialism -- History -- 19th century Political science -- Great Britain -- History Political science -- France -- History Liberalism -- History -- 18th century Liberalism -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. PHILOSOPHY -- Political. British colonies French colonies Imperialism Liberalism Political science Liberalisme. Imperialisme. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century France -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century France -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Subject France Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400826636 1400826632

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