Davis Lance Edwin (72 results)

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire investment? What were the social costs of maintaining the empire? Who received the profits, and who bore the costs? The authors show that colonial finance did not dominate British capital markets; returns from empire investment were not high in comparison to earnings in the domestic and foreign sectors; there is no evidence of continued exploitative profits; and empire profits were earned at a substantial cost to the taxpayer. They depict British imperialism as a mechanism to effect an income transfer from the tax-paying middle class to the elites in which the ownership of imperial enterprise was heavily concentrated, with some slight net transfer to the colonies in the process.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Historians have so far made few attempts to assess directly the costs and benefits of Britain's investment in empire. This book presents answers to some of the key questions about the economics of imperialism: how large was the flow of finance to the empire? How great were the profits on empire investment? What were the social costs of maintaining the empire? Who received the profits, and who bore the costs? The authors show that colonial finance did not dominate British capital markets; returns from empire investment were not high in comparison to earnings in the domestic and foreign sectors; there is no evidence of continued exploitative profits; and empire profits were earned at a substantial cost to the taxpayer. They depict British imperialism as a mechanism to effect an income transfer from the tax-paying middle class to the elites in which the ownership of imperial enterprise was heavily concentrated, with some slight net transfer to the colonies in the process.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: vii, 166 pages ; 24 cm. Subject: Investments, Foreign United States History. Capital market United States History. International economic relations History. 1 Kg. …

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820 1914. Book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: vii, 166 pages ; 24 cm. Subject: Investments, Foreign United States History. Capital market United States History. International economic relations History. 1 Kg. …

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. American Economic History: The Development Of A National Economy. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1988. Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condition: Very Good. 1988. Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good. . . . .

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. American Economic History: The Development Of A National Economy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean over all with no marks folds or highlights inside. nearly as new condition. 166 pages with the index. the front endpaper has a book plate.We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.…

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Condition: New. Series Editor(s): Fogel, Robert; Thernstrom, Stephan. Series: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 49d.20tabs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470. . 2008. Abridged. paperback. . . . . …

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