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David Kenneth Fieldhouse, FBA (7 June 1925 – 28 October 2018) was an English 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.

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  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse (* 7. Juni 1925; † 28. Oktober 2018) war ein britischer Historiker, der sich mit (britischer) Kolonialgeschichte (Commonwealth) befasste und speziell deren Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Er ging in Cheltenham zur Schule und studierte am Queen’s College der University of Oxford. Ab 1950 lehrte er am Haileybury College und 1953 wurde er Lecturer an der University of Canterbury in Neuseeland. 1958 wurde er Beit Lecturer für Geschichte des Commonwealth an der Universität Oxford und ab 1981 lehrte er an der University of Cambridge, wo er Fellow des Jesus College wurde und bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1992 Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History war. Seit 1996 war er Mitglied der British Academy. (de)
  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse, FBA (7 June 1925 – 28 October 2018) was an English 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. Fieldhouse is a critic of the theories of imperialism put forward in the early 20th century by John A. Hobson and Lenin. He argues that they used superficial arguments and weak evidence. Fieldhouse says that the "obvious driving force of British expansion since 1870" came from explorers, missionaries, engineers, and empire-minded politicians. They had little interest in financial investments. Hobson's approach was to say that faceless financiers manipulated everyone else. "The final determination rests with the financial power." Lenin made the argument that capitalism was in its last stages and had been taken over by monopolists. They were no longer dynamic and sought to maintain profits by even more intensive exploitation of protected markets. Fieldhouse rejects these arguments as unfounded speculation. 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 remained an active Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge in later life. He died in October 2018 at the age of 93. (en)
  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse (1925-2018) fue un historiador británico, especializado en el estudio del Imperio británico. (es)
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  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse (1925-2018) fue un historiador británico, especializado en el estudio del Imperio británico. (es)
  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse (* 7. Juni 1925; † 28. Oktober 2018) war ein britischer Historiker, der sich mit (britischer) Kolonialgeschichte (Commonwealth) befasste und speziell deren Wirtschaftsgeschichte. (de)
  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse, FBA (7 June 1925 – 28 October 2018) was an English 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. (en)
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  • David Fieldhouse (en)
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