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The Empire: A Series of Letters Goldwin Smith

The Empire: A Series of Letters By Goldwin Smith

The Empire: A Series of Letters by Goldwin Smith


Summary

Goldwin Smith (1823-1910) was a British historian and journalist considered by contemporaries a leading proponent of left-wing intellectual radicalism. This volume, first published in 1863, contains a collection of letters written by Smith examining British colonial interests, including government and possible self-determination, from an anti-imperialist standpoint.

The Empire: A Series of Letters Summary

The Empire: A Series of Letters: Published in 'The Daily News', 1862, 1863 by Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith (1823-1910) was a British historian and journalist. After studying at Magdalen College, Oxford, Smith became a leading advocate of university reform before being appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1858. He resigned his position in 1866, and spent two years lecturing at Cornell University before moving to Toronto following his marriage in 1875. He was considered by contemporaries a leading proponent of left-wing intellectual radicalism. This volume, first published in 1863, contains a collection of letters written by Smith concerning British colonial interests. He was a staunch anti-imperialist, and the letters examine colonial emancipation, government, trade, and British relations with Canada, New Zealand and Gibraltar, from this political view, urging the cessation of British colonial expansion. This volume provides valuable insights into the views and political beliefs of late nineteenth-century British anti-imperialists.

Table of Contents

1. Colonial emancipation; 2. Colonial emancipation. Answer to The Times; 3. Colonial government; 4. Colonial expenditure; 5. Colonial trade; 6. Canada; 7. The Canadian Militia Bill; 8. The debates on the Canadian Militia Bill; 9. England and Canada; 10. New Zealand; 11. Colonial emigration; 12. Mr. Adderley on Canadian affairs; 13. Gibraltar; 14. The Protectorate of Turkey; 15. The Ionian Islands; 16. The cession of the Ionian Islands; 17. The cession of the Ionian Islands (Mr. D'Israeli); 18. India; Appendix.

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NLS9781108022972
9781108022972
1108022979
The Empire: A Series of Letters: Published in 'The Daily News', 1862, 1863 by Goldwin Smith
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Cambridge University Press
2010-11-25
336
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