The Political Economy of Imperialism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Ronald H. Chilcote

      Pages 1-16

3. Imperialism: Its Legacy and Contemporary Significance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Whatever Happened To Imperialism?

      • M. C. Howard, J. E. King

      Pages 19-40

   3. Imperialism Revisited

      • Michael Barratt Brown

      Pages 41-63

   4. Imperialism in Retrospect

      • Anthony Brewer

      Pages 65-83

   5. Hobson’s Imperialism: Its Historical Validity and Contemporary Relevance

      • Gregory P. Nowell

      Pages 85-109

4. Imperialism and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Early Marxist Critiques of Capitalist Development

      • John Willoughby

      Pages 113-126

   3. Marxism and Eurocentric Diffusionism

      • J. M. Blaut

      Pages 127-140

   4. Dependency and Imperialism in Latin America: New Horizons

      • Ronaldo Munck

      Pages 141-154

5. Globalism or Imperialism?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Capitalism, Imperialism, Globalization

      • Samir Amin

      Pages 157-168

   3. On the Pitfalls of Bourgeois Internationalism

      • Prabhat Patnaik

      Pages 169-179

   4. Globalization: A Critical Analysis

      • James Petras

      Pages 181-213

6. Back Matter

   Pages 215-270

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This book brings together important essays by distinguished scholars who have devoted past attention to the study of imperialism and development. It comple­ ments an anthology of previously published essays that brings together important theoretical perspectives around the issues and debates on these themes; this volume will be published by Humanity Press (forthcoming). Both projects relate to a lengthy chapter "Theories of Imperialism," which will be published in my book The­ ories of Comparative Political Economy (Forthcoming). These projects represent a culmination of many years of teaching in both economics and political science. During that time I taught two political science courses on development and under­ development, but I was unable to convince my colleagues of the usefulness of a course on imperialism that linked historical issues and debates with the more recent developmental literature. When in 1990 I was welcomed into economics, my col­ leagues endorsed a graduate seminar on the political economy of imperialism. Thus, this volume evolved out of that experience in an effort to encourage new analysis that reflects retrospectively on past contributions as well as the prospects for impe­ rialism and development in the contemporary world.

• Adam Smith
• David Ricardo
• Karl Marx
• Marx
• marxism
• political economy

• University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

  Ronald M. Chilcote

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