Colonial capitalism and the dilemmas of liberalism

• Main Author: INCE, Onur Ulas
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: colonalism; imperialism; capitalism; liberalism; British Empire; John Locke; Edmund Burke; Edward Gibbon Wakefield; property; trade; labor; Political Science; Political Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2489
• Institution: Singapore Management University

By the mid-nineteenth century, Britain celebrated its possession of a unique "empire of liberty" that propagated the rule of private property, free trade, and free labor across the globe. The British also knew that their empire had been built by conquering overseas territories, trading sla...