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Wealth of Colonies

The Marshall Lectures, Delivered at Cambridge on 17 and 24 February 1950

W K Hancock author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:12th Jan '12

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Originally published in 1950, this book forms the substance of two lectures on economics delivered by Sir William Hancock.

Originally published in 1950, this book forms the substance of two lectures delivered by Sir William Hancock (1898–1988) that year. The lectures suggest that economic and political dependence are matters of degree, and that advancement or stagnation can be explained by the interaction of economic, social and political influences.Sir William Keith Hancock (1898–1988) was a prominent Australian historian who wrote extensively on economics. Originally published in 1950, this book forms the substance of two lectures delivered by Hancock during the February of that year. Taking as its starting point the experience of the British Commonwealth, the text suggests that economic and political dependence are matters of degree, and that advancement or stagnation is to be explained by the interaction of economic, social and political influences. The first part of the text brings this complicated process into focus; the second part reviews the problems of development and welfare within the Commonwealth.

ISBN: 9781107681774

Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 5mm

Weight: 100g

82 pages