Gentlemanly capitalism
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Gentlemanly capitalism is a theory of New Imperialism
first put forward by Cain and Hopkins in their 1993 work, British Imperialism. The theory posits that the New Imperialism of the late 19th century was driven by the business interests of the City of London and landed interests.
New Imperialism
New Imperialism refers to the colonial expansion adopted by Europe's powers and, later, Japan and the United States, during the 19th and early 20th centuries; expansion took place from the French conquest of Algeria until World War I: approximately 1830 to 1914...
first put forward by Cain and Hopkins in their 1993 work, British Imperialism. The theory posits that the New Imperialism of the late 19th century was driven by the business interests of the City of London and landed interests.
- Theories of New ImperialismTheories of New ImperialismThe term imperialism was used from the third quarter of the nineteenth century to describe various forms of political control by a greater power over less powerful territories or nationalities, although analytically the phenomena which it denotes may differ greatly from each other and from the...