Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Notes on Contributors x
5. Preface XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 From Adam Smith to Brexit: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Free Trade in Britain, 1776–2016 25
8. 2 Failure and the Industrial Revolution: The East India Companies’ Procurement and the Rise of the British Cotton Textile Industry 51
9. 3 Chinese Industrialization: Comparison and Connections as Real and Hypothetical Contexts for Understanding the Nineteenth-Century Global Economy 73
10. 4 British Imperialism and Globalization: British West Africa, 1821–1900 97
11. 5 “More and More One Cog in the World Economic Machine”: Globalization, Development, and African Agency in British West Africa 135
12. 6 Globalization and the Rationality of Colonial Expansion: The British Empire and West Africa in the Nineteenth Century 171
13. 7 Window of Opportunities: The Great Depression, Protectionism, and the Rise of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Africa 203
14. 8 Labor and Environment in Nineteenth-Century Tamilnad, India 225
15. 9 Imperialism, Globalization, and Inequality: The Indian Story 241
16. 10 The Quest for Security in New Zealand and Australia, 1930–1960 263
17. Patrick O’Brien: List of Publications 287
18. Index 299
19. Tabula Gratulatoria 327