This lecture scrutinizes trends in the interconnected debates about the relationships between the histories of capitalism and colonialism, especially during global industrialization since the eighteenth century. New research has employed perspectives ranging from "counter-Eurocentric" global economic history to the "neo-liberal" strand of rational-choice institutionalism to illuminate the contribution of colonial trade to the first industrial revolution, whether colonial rule promoted or retarded the deepening of capitalist regimes of property and labor, and whether
Japanese or European rule was more favorable for the subsequent industrialization of former colonies. Reviewing this vast terrain, the lecture emphasizes interactions between colonial and indigenous capitalists, arguing against reductionist methodologies that have no room for evidence that complicates such simple binaries as inclusive versus extractive institutions, and economic rent versus economic growth.
Prof. Gareth Austin, Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge; Professor of African and Comparative Economic History, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckert, Lehrstuhlinhaber für die Geschichte Afrikas an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin und Leitung des Geisteswissenschaftlichen Kollegs "Arbeit und Lebenslauf in globalhistorischer Perspektive", Vorsitzender des Arbeitskreises für Moderne Sozialgeschichte
Ort: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Mittelweg 36, 20148 Hamburg
Beginn: 19 Uhr
Eintritt: frei
Information on participating / attending:
Beginn: 19 Uhr (Einlass ab 18.30 Uhr)
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Date:
04/14/2016 19:00 - 04/14/2016 20:30
Event venue:
Mittelweg 36
1. OG, Raum 106
20148 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration, History / archaeology, Law, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
03/22/2016
Sender/author:
Dr. Regine Klose-Wolf
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event53698
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