Indians in South Africa, 1860-1914: the British Imperial Philosophy on Trial
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April 1966
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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY mercantilist dogma notwithstanding, the earliest stirrings of British imperial activity owed their inception to private initiative rather than governmental enterprise. It was only when private companies became political as well as commercial powers that the British government felt obliged to interfere actively and was forced to develop a coherent imperial philosophy.....
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