ABSTRACT
W hen historians o f British imperialism have taken any serious note o f the w ork of economic historians, they have concentrated mainly upon the slowing rate o f growth o f the British econom y in general, and o f industrial grow th in particular, after 1870 and the m ore rapid growth o f other industrialising nations. Generally speaking, these trends are well attested in the literature, although some o f the implications o f the growth figures for overseas expansion have not been drawn out.
