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1980 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Conclusions and Suggestions

Author : P. J. Cain

Published in: Economic Foundations of British Overseas Expansion 1815–1914

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

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THERE is evidently something to be said for Gallagher and Robinson’s interpretation of imperial expansion after 1875. Strategic motives — the defence of our existing empire in the East — did have a powerful influence on the decision to expand in East Africa, South Africa and the Middle East; and there is no doubt that many extensions of formal control were undertaken as a last resort when every informal expedient had been exhausted.

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Title
Conclusions and Suggestions
Author
P. J. Cain
Copyright Year
1980
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Book
Economic Foundations of British Overseas Expansion 1815–1914

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-03593-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-03591-5

Copyright Year: 1980

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03591-5_12