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The Economic Significance of “Constructive Imperialismâ€

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When he became Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies in the Unionist government of 1895, Joseph Chamberlain was already the acknowledged leader of those who believed that Britain would most surely safeguard her military and economic future through closer links with the Empire and the extension of its boundaries. Yet a mere fifteen years before he had played an important part in the campaign against Disraeli's imperialist designs that had swept the Liberals back to power. The change in Chamberlain's political fortunes as a result of the Home Rule controversy needs no recapitulation here. More interesting is the process by which he was won over to those very ideas of imperial consolidation that Disraeli had propounded so frequently.

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  • Saul, S. B., 1957. "The Economic Significance of “Constructive Imperialismâ€," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 173-192, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:17:y:1957:i:02:p:173-192_08
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