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Establishes the concept of 'gentlemanely capitalism' and examines the growth of empire and many of its controversial episodes, including the partition of Africa, and concludes - against conventional wisdom - that Britain was still a dynamic imperial power on the eve of World War I.Cain, P. J. is the author of 'British Imperialism Crisis and Deconstruction, 1914-1990' with ISBN 9780582209657 and ISBN 058220965X.
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