Imperialism, A Study was first published 1902. A Collection of articles covering a variety if imperial issues which Britain faced at that time. The book systematically explored political, economic and social interconnections between capitalism and imperialism. Imperialism was the first attempt to understand the politics of western capitalism. It gave rise to a ‘world politics’ of competing empires and in the present day’s context the super powers which dominate the international scene. A Classic which created a new genre of intellectual inquiry i.e. the study of ‘economic imperialism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.A. Hobson
John Atkinson Hobson, the son of William Hobson and Josephine Atkinson, was born in Derby on 6th July 1858. He studied at Derby Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford, and afterwards taught classics and English literature at Schools in Faversham and Exeter. In 1887 Hobson moved to London where he joined the Fabian Society. An active member he wrote two books for the organization, Problems of Poverty (1891) and Problem of the Unemployed (1896). Other books published during this period included the Evolution of Modern Capitalism (1894) and John Ruskin: Social Reformer (1898). Hobson’s autobiography, Confessions of an Economic Heretic, was published in 1938. John Atkinson Hobson died on 1st April, 1940.
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