W. G. Beasley
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198221685
- eISBN:
- 9780191678479
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198221685.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
Japanese imperialism dates from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–5. It is with modern Western imperialism that one tends to compare it. Characteristically, this is ‘economic imperialism’, so called ...
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Japanese imperialism dates from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–5. It is with modern Western imperialism that one tends to compare it. Characteristically, this is ‘economic imperialism’, so called because it is held to derive from a particular stage in the economic development of Western society. The argument was first stated at length by Hobson in 1902. He identified ‘the tap-root of imperialism’ as being overproduction, leading to a surplus of capital seeking investment. This chapter briefly indicates the problems and issues that arise in a discussion of Japanese imperialism.Less
Japanese imperialism dates from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–5. It is with modern Western imperialism that one tends to compare it. Characteristically, this is ‘economic imperialism’, so called because it is held to derive from a particular stage in the economic development of Western society. The argument was first stated at length by Hobson in 1902. He identified ‘the tap-root of imperialism’ as being overproduction, leading to a surplus of capital seeking investment. This chapter briefly indicates the problems and issues that arise in a discussion of Japanese imperialism.
Timothy Besley
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263518
- eISBN:
- 9780191734021
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263518.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This lecture discusses important issues that arise in the policy sphere. It is primarily concerned with extending the competence of economists to analyse issues that require some facility with ...
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This lecture discusses important issues that arise in the policy sphere. It is primarily concerned with extending the competence of economists to analyse issues that require some facility with economic and political decision-making. The lecture serves as a highly selective and personal view of the motivation behind the field and some of the key themes in the literature. It shows the value in focused research in asking a specific question and of using appropriate data. It also determines that the New Political Economy rises to specific challenges, is not about economic imperialism, and rarely discusses grand issues of states versus markets and democracy versus non-democracy.Less
This lecture discusses important issues that arise in the policy sphere. It is primarily concerned with extending the competence of economists to analyse issues that require some facility with economic and political decision-making. The lecture serves as a highly selective and personal view of the motivation behind the field and some of the key themes in the literature. It shows the value in focused research in asking a specific question and of using appropriate data. It also determines that the New Political Economy rises to specific challenges, is not about economic imperialism, and rarely discusses grand issues of states versus markets and democracy versus non-democracy.
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226068145
- eISBN:
- 9780226068169
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226068169.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter provides an account of the growing calls for a “new imperialism” to deal with the problems that result from the divisions of the world into the “civilized” and “uncivilized” spheres. It ...
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This chapter provides an account of the growing calls for a “new imperialism” to deal with the problems that result from the divisions of the world into the “civilized” and “uncivilized” spheres. It analyzes the consequences of such divides and the subsequent efforts to enforce new standards of civilization. The chapter discusses the concepts of so-called humanitarian imperialism and economic imperialism. It also considers the imperial urgency that has been aroused by the threat of terrorism and rogue actors in the wake of September 11 and subsequent terrorist attacks on Western targets around the world.Less
This chapter provides an account of the growing calls for a “new imperialism” to deal with the problems that result from the divisions of the world into the “civilized” and “uncivilized” spheres. It analyzes the consequences of such divides and the subsequent efforts to enforce new standards of civilization. The chapter discusses the concepts of so-called humanitarian imperialism and economic imperialism. It also considers the imperial urgency that has been aroused by the threat of terrorism and rogue actors in the wake of September 11 and subsequent terrorist attacks on Western targets around the world.
Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520291508
- eISBN:
- 9780520965263
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520291508.003.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter, by Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson, establishes a framework for studying the American military, a singularly powerful institution, and its relationship to cinema. It first lays out a ...
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This chapter, by Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson, establishes a framework for studying the American military, a singularly powerful institution, and its relationship to cinema. It first lays out a brief history of the American military and its rise to prominence and power, and then situates the enduring use of cinema across the broad remit of the armed forces alongside previous work in this area. Special attention is paid to the economic and industrial developments that have been intertwined with the military historically. This chapter also summarizes the breadth of the military’s use of cinema, ranging from propaganda to training and from war funding to munitions testing. Knowledge about the military’s use of film helps us to understand more about the history of film and its technologies and also the various ways cinema has been implicated in the complex geopolitical dynamics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Less
This chapter, by Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson, establishes a framework for studying the American military, a singularly powerful institution, and its relationship to cinema. It first lays out a brief history of the American military and its rise to prominence and power, and then situates the enduring use of cinema across the broad remit of the armed forces alongside previous work in this area. Special attention is paid to the economic and industrial developments that have been intertwined with the military historically. This chapter also summarizes the breadth of the military’s use of cinema, ranging from propaganda to training and from war funding to munitions testing. Knowledge about the military’s use of film helps us to understand more about the history of film and its technologies and also the various ways cinema has been implicated in the complex geopolitical dynamics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Catherine Ceniza Choy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814717226
- eISBN:
- 9781479886388
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814717226.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Social History
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption—specifically, the adoption of Asian children—has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of ...
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In the last fifty years, transnational adoption—specifically, the adoption of Asian children—has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that allowed Asian international adoption to flourish. This book unearths the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in the United States. Beginning with the post-World War II presence of the US military in Asia, it reveals how mixed-race children born of Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese women and US servicemen comprised one of the earliest groups of adoptive children. The book moves beyond one-dimensional portrayals of Asian international adoption as either a progressive form of US multiculturalism or as an exploitative form of cultural and economic imperialism. Rather, it acknowledges the complexity of the phenomenon, illuminating both its radical possibilities of a world united across national, cultural, and racial divides through family formation and its strong potential for reinforcing the very racial and cultural hierarchies it sought to challenge.Less
In the last fifty years, transnational adoption—specifically, the adoption of Asian children—has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the factors that allowed Asian international adoption to flourish. This book unearths the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in the United States. Beginning with the post-World War II presence of the US military in Asia, it reveals how mixed-race children born of Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese women and US servicemen comprised one of the earliest groups of adoptive children. The book moves beyond one-dimensional portrayals of Asian international adoption as either a progressive form of US multiculturalism or as an exploitative form of cultural and economic imperialism. Rather, it acknowledges the complexity of the phenomenon, illuminating both its radical possibilities of a world united across national, cultural, and racial divides through family formation and its strong potential for reinforcing the very racial and cultural hierarchies it sought to challenge.
Robert Boyce
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262012867
- eISBN:
- 9780262255059
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262012867.003.0056
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter, which gives an overview of the history of Cable and Wireless Limited, and the company’s effect on the industry, begins with the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference in 1928 to engage ...
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This chapter, which gives an overview of the history of Cable and Wireless Limited, and the company’s effect on the industry, begins with the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference in 1928 to engage a solution to the communications crisis that threatened the British Empire. This conference resulted in the reorganization of imperial communications, with nearly all involved companies merging into a single firm that would be Cable and Wireless Limited. The chapter provides the extensive background that preceded the merger, and how the creation of Cable and Wireless shows the challenges for Britain in maintaining balance between national security, the empire, and business during a time of fast-developing technology. The firm brought the industry away from globalization and created tension in Anglo-American relations. This reaction brings to light a paradox in the Cable and Wireless project: It was a response to growing fear and anxiety over American economic imperialism, but failed to unite the empire in the long run.Less
This chapter, which gives an overview of the history of Cable and Wireless Limited, and the company’s effect on the industry, begins with the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference in 1928 to engage a solution to the communications crisis that threatened the British Empire. This conference resulted in the reorganization of imperial communications, with nearly all involved companies merging into a single firm that would be Cable and Wireless Limited. The chapter provides the extensive background that preceded the merger, and how the creation of Cable and Wireless shows the challenges for Britain in maintaining balance between national security, the empire, and business during a time of fast-developing technology. The firm brought the industry away from globalization and created tension in Anglo-American relations. This reaction brings to light a paradox in the Cable and Wireless project: It was a response to growing fear and anxiety over American economic imperialism, but failed to unite the empire in the long run.
Martin Werding
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262014519
- eISBN:
- 9780262295659
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262014519.003.0002
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
This chapter explores the reasons why it is important to develop and improve the long-term fertility decline. It discusses the responses to population economics and the economics of the family, ...
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This chapter explores the reasons why it is important to develop and improve the long-term fertility decline. It discusses the responses to population economics and the economics of the family, especially how it was treated as a case of economic imperialism. The negative consequences of fertility decline as seen as not needing public intervention if markets, as well as other institutions, are functioning properly and effectively. Becker’s concepts on child quality and number of children are also explored. Becker rejects the idea that children are normal or even superior goods. Other approaches to explaining fertility decline are explored, such as increasing opportunity costs, the fiscal externalities of bringing up children, and changes in the bargaining situation of partners in relation to child-rearing activities.Less
This chapter explores the reasons why it is important to develop and improve the long-term fertility decline. It discusses the responses to population economics and the economics of the family, especially how it was treated as a case of economic imperialism. The negative consequences of fertility decline as seen as not needing public intervention if markets, as well as other institutions, are functioning properly and effectively. Becker’s concepts on child quality and number of children are also explored. Becker rejects the idea that children are normal or even superior goods. Other approaches to explaining fertility decline are explored, such as increasing opportunity costs, the fiscal externalities of bringing up children, and changes in the bargaining situation of partners in relation to child-rearing activities.
