David Kenneth Fieldhouse
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David Kenneth Fieldhouse, FBA
(Born 1925) is a prominent historian of the British Empire
who between 1981 and 1992 held the Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History
at the University of Cambridge
. Arguably the world's "leading imperial economic historian" he is most well known for his book, Economics and Empire, 1830-1914 (1973), which offered a trenchant account of how political and strategic factors, rather than economic impulses, comprised the primary motors of European imperial expansion.
During the course of his career he held academic posts at the University of Canterbury
, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. Upon his retirement from Cambridge in 1992 his former students and colleagues published a festschrift
entitled, Managing the Business of Empire: Essays in Honour of David Fieldhouse.
Fieldhouse remains an active Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
.
FBA
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(Born 1925) is a prominent historian of the British Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
who between 1981 and 1992 held the Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History
Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History
The Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History is one of the senior professorships in history at the University of Cambridge. After the Beit Professorship of Colonial History at Oxford and the Rhodes Professorship of Imperial History at King's College London , it is the third...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Arguably the world's "leading imperial economic historian" he is most well known for his book, Economics and Empire, 1830-1914 (1973), which offered a trenchant account of how political and strategic factors, rather than economic impulses, comprised the primary motors of European imperial expansion.
During the course of his career he held academic posts at the University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...
, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. Upon his retirement from Cambridge in 1992 his former students and colleagues published a festschrift
Festschrift
In academia, a Festschrift , is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing...
entitled, Managing the Business of Empire: Essays in Honour of David Fieldhouse.
Fieldhouse remains an active Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
.
Selected bibliography
- Colonial Empires: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century (1966)
- Economics and Empire, 1830-1914 (1973)
- Colonialism, 1870-1945: An Introduction (1981)
- Black Africa, 1945-80: Economic Decolonization & Arrested Development (1986)
- Merchant Capital and Economic Decolonization: The United Africa Company, 1929-87 (1994)
- Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914-1958 (2006)
External links
- http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/contacts/fellows/profiles/fieldhouse.html Personal webpage at Jesus College, Cambridge.
See also
- British EmpireBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
- John Andrew GallagherJohn Andrew GallagherJohn "Jack" Andrew Gallagher, FBA was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1963 and 1970 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and from 1971 until his death was the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the...
- Eric Thomas StokesEric Thomas StokesEric Thomas Stokes was a historian of South Asia, especially early-modern and colonial India, and of the British Empire. Stokes was the second holder of Smuts Professorship of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Cambridge....
- Christopher Bayly