The colonial policy of British imperialism

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The colonial policy of British imperialism

Ralph Fox ; introduction, Ian Talbot

Oxford University Press, c2008

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Originally published: London : M. Lawrence Ltd., 1933

"Oxford in Asia historical reprints"--On jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book was written in the dying years of the Raj in India and elsewhere. It seeks to explain, from the common person's point of view, what the empire is, how it was created, how it ruled, and the condition of its people. At the time of writing, Britain was hit hard by the Depression and among the questions raised daily in the country were issues of British naval supremacy, empire trade and 'imperial self-sufficiency'. Ralph Fox argued that British capitalism based on imperial monopoly was in crisis (at the time of writing (1933)). He also argued that the question of socialism in Britain was determined by the exploitation of the colonial peoples. There was therefore an intimate connection between national liberation of the peoples of the Empire and the struggle of the British working class. This book remains important in any intellectual historical understanding of theories of Empire. It reflects the understanding of the British Empire and its manifestations primarily in India, and elsewhere, from the intellectual framework of socialism. Its value lies in the insight it provides into this type of understanding at the time it was written.

Table of Contents

  • CONTENTS LIST
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER I: FIRST STEPS IN COLONIAL POLICY
  • EARLY COLONIAL RIVALRIES
  • THE CONQUEST OF INDIA
  • THE 'REVOLUTION' IN INDIAN SOCIETY
  • THE CHARTERED MONOPOLIES
  • CHAPTER II: COLONIAL POLICY IN THE PERIOD OF INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM, 1815-1895
  • THE NEW COLONIAL POLICY
  • THE 'DEVELOPMENT' OF INDIA
  • LAND 'REFORM' AND FAMINE
  • THE OPENING-UP OF AFRICA
  • CHAPTER III: IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL POLICY
  • NEW FEATURES IN COLONIAL POLICY
  • COLONIAL POLICY AND WAR
  • THE COLONIES AND THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM
  • CHAPTER IV: BRITISH POLICY IN INDIA
  • INDIA'S PLACE IN THE EMPIRE
  • THE INDIAN PEASANTRY
  • THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS
  • THE 'COMMUNAL' QUESTION
  • CHAPTER V: CLASS STRUGGLE IN INDIA, AND THE BRITISH 'REFORMS'
  • THE STAGES OF BRITISH POLICY
  • INDIA IS A COLONIAL DEPENDENCY
  • THE BASIS OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE
  • RESTRAINTS ON INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
  • THE INDIAN WHITE PAPER
  • CHAPTER VI: THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN INDIA
  • BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
  • THE POST-WAR REVOLT
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT
  • THE MEERUT CONSPIRACY CASE
  • THE INDIAN TRADE UNIONS AND STRIKES
  • THE INDIAN WORKERS AND THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
  • A PROGRAMME OF ACTION
  • GROWTH OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
  • CHAPTER VII: BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
  • EGYPT, THE LAND OF COTTON
  • EGYPT AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENTS
  • THE WORKERS' AND PEASANTS' MOVEMENTS
  • THE WEST AFRICAN COLONIES
  • THE WOMEN'S RISING IN NIGERIA
  • HOW AN 'ENLIGHTENED' POLICY WORKS
  • THE SLAVE COLONIES OF EAST AFRICA
  • CHAPTER VIII: THE NEAR-EASTERN COLONIES
  • THE NEW EMPIRE IN THE NEAR EAST
  • IRAK
  • CHAPTER IX: THE MILITARY POLICY OF BRITISH IMPERIALSM
  • THE EMPIRE AND WAR
  • COLONIAL REVOLT AND THE SOVIET UNION
  • THE WAR STRENGTH OF THE EMPIRE
  • CHAPTER X: THE COLONIES AND THE WORKING CLASS
  • THE LABOUR ARISTOCRACY AND THE EMPIRE
  • THE LABOUR PARTY AND THE COLONIES
  • THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSES A 'SOCIALIST COLONIAL POLICY'
  • THE LABOUR PARTY POLICY REPORT
  • 'CAPITALISM' AND 'SOCIALISM'
  • THE LABOUR PARTY AND INDIA
  • THE WORKERS AND THE COLONIES
  • CAN BRITAIN EXIST WITHOUT COLONIES
  • APPENDICES

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