Power, Plenty and Pressure groups: British and Danish colonialism in the West Indies and the role of the state, 1768-1772

Rönnbäck, Klas,1974Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen,Department of Economic History (författare)

Why was the British crown unable to yield a net revenue from their West Indian possessions during the early modern era, while a country such as Denmark was able to do just that? This paper undertakes a comparison between the two imperial states, since such a comparison might yield important insights into what was yielding revenue from and driving costs of colonialism. The paper argues that the British state had to pay a comparatively high cost for their overseas colonies largely since intra-European conflicts had a tendency of spilling over unto the colonies. The British West Indian lobby was at the same time a rent-seeking special interest successful in keeping the imperial tax burden comparatively low.

Ingår i:(Trans) colonial (trans) imperial and Atlantic trade in the 18th Century, March 11, 2010, EHESS, Paris, France

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