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“New imperialism was a nationalistic, not an economic-phenomena.” Critically examine.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

Historians of the New Imperialism have long divided over whether the scramble for colonies after 1870 was fundamentally a story of wounded and assertive nationalism, or of capitalism compelled by its own internal contradictions to seek new territories — a debate this question asks us to adjudicate rather than merely restate.

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  • The Nationalistic Case: Prestige Politics After Unification
  • Testing the Thesis: Case Studies in Prestige Over Profit
  • The Economic Counter-Case and Its Genuine Force
  • A Critical Synthesis

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