Debates about the effects of European colonial rule on the non-European world animated economic history scholarship since the 1850s when Karl Marx published essays on British rule in India in the New ...

Debates about the effects of European colonial rule on the non-European world animated economic history scholarship since the 1850s when Karl Marx published essays on British rule in India in the New ...

Using a new database of islands throughout the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans we examine whether colonial origins affect modern economic outcomes ... a great deal during the age of sail do not ...

In this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world context, colonialism had very heterogeneous effects, operating through many mechanisms, sometimes ...

Colonialism had a significant impact on the socio-economic structures of colonized populations. Colonized natives, for example, were forced to adopt the invaders’ language and cultural paradigms.

Recent Oxfam report highlights that multinational companies now use wealth-grabbing mechanisms developed by entities like ...

Legacy of Inequality: The economic and social inequalities established during colonialism have had enduring effects, contributing to ongoing poverty and conflict in many regions. Conclusion Overall, ...

Oxfam's report reveals the UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India during colonial rule, concentrating wealth in the richest. Highlights the ongoing impacts of colonial legacy spanning economic ...

Over a century of exploitative colonialism in India (between 1765 and 1900), and the UK could extract $64.82 trillion from ...