HISA 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Subsidiary Alliance, Dwarkanath Tagore, Nomic
6 Jul 2016
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Empire: an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority: empire in south asia = very different than greek, roman empires. What do we mean by empire in south asia: several (economic) theories of empire: Conservative theory: disraeli, kipling: this theory describes empire as a necessity for the more developed world (western countries) to maintain social order within the country. Liberal theory: hobson: this theory describes empire is a necessity because markets in developed world have an in ux of products hence, need a dependent nation to consume their goods. Marxist theory: lenin: surrounds the idea of bourgeois they arm twist the state to sell goods abroad. Socio-psycho theory: schumpeter: empire is objectless no goal. Story begins in portugal vasco da gama (1460-1524: he wanted to be a sailor, portuguese had the ability to cross the oceans because of the caravel (a ship) 15th century increased portuguese trade.
