The British and the Spanish had long been in conflict, often clashing over politics, trade, and religion. But in the early decades of the eighteenth century, these empires signed an asiento agreement granting the British South Sea Company a monopoly on the slave trade in the Spanish Atlantic,...

"The Political Economy of Imperial Relations considers the relationship between Britain and Malaya after World War Two in theoretical and historical terms. It develops a new approach to imperialism, situating an understanding of the state in terms of the global economy. This approach challenges...

Bis 1917 hielten sich die USA aus der Weltpolitik heraus. Bevor der Erste Weltkrieg ausbrach, hatten die USA die US-Zentralbank Federal Reserve (FED) gegründet. Sie und die Wall Street, meist gelenkt von superreichen Amerikanern, verlagerten Entscheidungen mit weltweiter Wirkung von der Politik...

The imperial formations of globalization / Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Vanessa C.M. Chio and Raza Mir -- On "cultural" knowledge in international management textbooks : a postcolonial reading / Martin Fougère and Agneta Moulettes -- Sustainable development in the age of natural capitalism :...

The Temptations of Trade reveals the opportunities and tensions of doing business in regions far from strict imperial control, where the actions of individuals could both connect empires and drive them to war.

A historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societies today and the social impact of resource-driven growth, Extracting profit explains why Africa has recently undergone an economic boom alongside widespread militarization. This exploitation has not gone unchallenged, however....