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“New imperialism was a nationalistic, not an economic phenomena.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2007
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

This statement stakes out one pole of a long-running historiographical dispute over the deepest cause of the New Imperialism of the late 19th century — pitting national prestige and rivalry against economic necessity as the master explanation.

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  • The Case for a Nationalistic Reading
  • The Economic Counter-Case
  • Weighing the Two Explanations

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