Excerpt from Imperialism: A Study In Part I. The economic origins of Imperialism are traced, with such statistical measurements of its methods and results as are available. Part II. Investigates the theory and the practice of Imperialism regarded as a mission of civilisation, in its effects upon lower or alien peoples, and its political and moral reactions upon the conduct and character of the Western nations engaging in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.