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Subject:	Re: james mill on imperialism
From:	michael perelman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:45:04 -0700
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Radhika Desai wrote:
> Could it be in his History of British India? In it James Mill re-directs his anti-aristocratic temper to the upper castes in India and this the postcolonialists read as being 'anti-indian'.


It could be there.  Several sources suggest that the article was
inspired by his work with the East India Company.  I suspect that the
quotation was an elaboration by Hobson of his sentiments in the
article:



5: "colonies were planted wholly for the benefit of the Roman aristocracy."


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Michael Perelman
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