Was it Worth Having? The British Empire 1850-1950

• Autores: Peter Cain
• Localización: Revista de Historia Económica = Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, ISSN 0212-6109, Año nº 16, Nº 1, 1998, págs. 351-376
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1017/s0212610900007151
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• Resumen

  • En los últimos años, los historiadores económicos británicos y norteamericanos han proporcionado una idea más precisa dc los costes y beneficies dcl imperio mediante el recurso a estimaciones dcl comercio, la inversión y los costes de defensa imperiales bajo el supuesto hipotético de la inexistencia del imperio para, después, comparar tales estimaciones con los resultados históricos del imperio. Este artículo revisa de manera crítica la literatura acerca de este tipo de ejercicios en histeria contractual. En él se sugiere que el debate ha estado enfocado dc una manera excesivamente restringida y se propone que incluya no sólo los aspectos económicos sino también el sistema politico y social que sostenía el imperio, así como los resultados de posibles sistemas alternativos.

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