Economic Development of the British Overseas Empire

by Knowles,L.C.A.

• ISBN13: 9780415350457
• ISBN10: 041535045X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

First published in 1924, Knowles' first volume on the economic history of the British Empire offered a ground-breaking comparative study. Following her death in 1926, the manuscripts for her second and third volumes were completed.

Table of Contents

BOOK I. THE EMPIRE AS A WHOLE
Economic Stages in Development	3	(26)
An Empire of Outposts, 1598--1763	6	(3)
Continental Inland Expansion, 1763--1870	9	(6)
British Empire as a World Power, 1870 to present day	15	(14)
Economic Divisions of the Empire and their Population	29	(34)
The Two Empires and the Unity of the Whole	31	(20)
Regions of Western Expansion
Regions of Directed Development	51	(12)
The Old and the New Colonial Systems	63	(52)
The Old Colonial System, 1596--1763	65	(11)
The New Colonial Empire, 1763--1914	76	(39)
Changes in commodities---causes of emigration---financing of colonies---motives and methods of expansion
BOOK II. THE BRITISH TROPICS
The Problems of the Tropics	115	(143)
Effect of New Cultures and New Demands	123	(15)
Unlocking of the Tropics	138	(14)
Protection of Natives	152	(50)
Suppression of slavery---Indian coolie labour---Chinese migration
Agricultural Development	202	(35)
Land tenures---agricultural methods---planter and peasant---scientific agriculture
Education and Finance	237	(14)
Tropical Medicine and Sanitation	251	(7)
British India	258	(209)
General Introduction	263	(34)
Absence of national unity---geographical features---uncertainty of life and property---effect of religion---economic isolation of India---factors in economic unity
Economic Landmarks	297	(170)
1765--1857. Creation of a Basis for Economic Progress; Law and Order	298	(15)
1857--1899. Transformation of India by Public Works; Railways, Famines, Irrigation, Finance, and Trade	313	(81)
1899 to present day. Policy of Conscious National Development; Agriculture, Industry, Tariff Policy, Banking	394	(73)
Smaller Continental Areas	467
Malaya	470	(15)
Nigeria	485	(13)
Kenya and Uganda	498
Preface	v
Professor Lilian Knowles: A Memoir	vii
PART I COMPARATIVE VIEW OF DOMINION PROBLEMS
Economic Problems of Temperate Dominions Compared with Problems of the Tropics and of European Countries	3	(8)
The Economic Beginnings of the Idea of Nationality in Colonial Development and the Economic Foundations of Federation	11	(7)
Transport	18	(7)
Land and Agriculture	25	(13)
Industrial Development and Labour Problems	38	(5)
Tendency to Paternal Government in New Countries and Factors Shaping Policies	43	(8)
Commercial Relations within the Empire	51	(31)
The Obtaining of People	82	(21)
PART II ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA
Dominating Factors in Canada's Economic Development	103	(29)
Main Periods in Canada's Economic History	132	(8)
The Economic Development of the Maritime Provinces in the Colonial Period	140	(33)
Lower Canada (Quebec)	173	(22)
The Westward Settlements of the Fur Traders and their Foundation of British Columbia and the Red River Settlement	195	(17)
Upper Canada (Ontario)	212	(36)
Position at Time of Confederation	248	(4)
Inland Communications: Waterways	252	(6)
Railways: The Canadian Pacific	258	(14)
The Canadian National Railways	272	(42)
Railway Rates	314	(15)
Shipping, Harbours, and Ocean Highways	329	(37)
Trade Relations	366	(22)
The Settlement of the Great Plains	388	(66)
The Penetration of the Laurentian Plateau	454	(7)
The Development of the Cordilleran Region	461	(24)
Food Production and Farming	485	(42)
The Mineral Wealth of the Dominion and its Exploitation	527	(22)
Industrial Evolution	549	(36)
Epilogue	585	(4)
Bibliography	589	(6)
Appendix: Bibliography of Volume I	595	(6)
Index	601
Preface	v
The Dutch Foundations of the Colony	1	(11)
The Leavening of the Native Population	12	(25)
The White Colonists and the Land	37	(21)
The Four Governments and their Economic Rivalries	58	(11)
The Farming Industry in the Primitive and Pastoral Stage	69	(11)
Development of Commercial Farming and Growth of the Agricultural Side	80	(43)
The Fight against Drought, Plagues, and Pests	123	(36)
Farming as an Organized and State-fostered Industry	159	(44)
The Mines	203	(21)
The Movement towards Rationalization in the Mining Industries	224	(12)
The Labour Problem in the Mines	236	(18)
Communications	254	(30)
Trade Relations	284	(30)
The Position of the Native in the Economic Life of the Dominion	314	(29)
Bibliography	343	(4)
Index	347