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Pitts, Jennifer, 1970-

A turn to empire the rise of imperial liberalism in Britain and France / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Pitts. - Princeton : Princeton Unversity Press, c2005. - xii, 382 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index.

Critics of empire. Adam Smith on societal development and colonial rule ; Edmund Burke's peculiar universalism -- Utilitarians and the turn to empire in Britain. Jeremy Bentham : legislator of the world? ; James and John Stuart Mill : the development of imperial liberalism in Britain -- Liberals and the turn to empire in France. The liberal volte-face in France ; Tocqueville and the Algeria question.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA518586 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imperialism--History--18th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Political science--History.--Great Britain
Political science--History.--France
Liberalism--History--18th century.
Liberalism--History--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
France--Colonies--History--18th century.
France--Colonies--History--19th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JC359 / .P54 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 325/.341/01