Literary Debate on the American Civil War: Goldwin Smith and the Problems of Equality in Global Mercantilism (of Cotton)
The article takes up the diplomatic texts of Goldwin Smith such as economic treatises and epistles and demonstrates the irony within the imperial discourse where the liberal democratic strain reveals a curious counterpoint in its insistence on global imperial mercantilism. It underscores the ironic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ratnabali Publisher
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry |
| Online Access: | http://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/27 |
| Summary: | The article takes up the diplomatic texts of Goldwin Smith such as economic treatises and epistles and demonstrates the irony within the imperial discourse where the liberal democratic strain reveals a curious counterpoint in its insistence on global imperial mercantilism. It underscores the ironic contrast between Smith’s anti-slavery position in America and his preaching of colonial cultivation in India, resulting in the cotton famine of 1877-78.
Keywords: Goldwin Smith, Global Mercantilism, American Civil War, Slavery. |
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| ISSN: | 2349-8064 |