Background
David Fieldhouse was born on June 7, 1925, in Mussoorie, India; the son of Reverend Ernest and Clara Hilda Beatrice Fieldhouse.
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David Kenneth Fieldhouse studied at Dean Close School.
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David Kenneth Fieldhouse received a Master of Arts from Queen’s College in 1950 and a Doctor of Letters in 1981.
(This collection of documents presents an enlightening pic...)
This collection of documents presents an enlightening picture of the colonial government of the British Commonwealth during the Second British Empire. Using numerous original documents, with preference given to those not previously published or readily available, the editors have delineated the major themes of the period from 1763 to 1840.
https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Reconstruction-1763-1840-Constitutional-Commonwealth/dp/031325916X/?tag=2022091-20
1987
(This comprehensive survey of the nature of the relationsh...)
This comprehensive survey of the nature of the relationship between the Western countries and the Third World, and the debate over its effects, during the twentieth century matches development theory with wide-ranging evidence on the consequences of global integration.
https://www.amazon.com/West-Third-World-History-Contemporary/dp/063119438X/?tag=2022091-20
1999
David Fieldhouse was born on June 7, 1925, in Mussoorie, India; the son of Reverend Ernest and Clara Hilda Beatrice Fieldhouse.
David Kenneth Fieldhouse studied at Dean Close School. He received a Master of Arts from Queen’s College in 1950 and a Doctor of Letters in 1981.
David Kenneth Fieldhouse has devoted most of his writing career to the subjects of colonialism, economics, and imperialism. Fieldhouse’s early works were such books as The Colonial Empires: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century, The Theory of Capitalist Imperialism, and Economics and Empire, 1830-1914.
Fieldhouse began to work as a History Master at Haileybury College in 1950. In three years he became a lecturer in modern history at the University of Canterbury and worked there till 1957. In 1958 David was appointed as a Beit Lecturer in Commonwealth History at Oxford University. In 1981 Fieldhouse became a Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at Cambridge University, retiring in 1992.
David Kenneth Fieldhouse was also a fellow at Jesus College, British Academy and Nuffield College.
(This comprehensive survey of the nature of the relationsh...)
1999(This collection of documents presents an enlightening pic...)
1987(The book examines the theme of self-government through fo...)
1990Fieldhouse criticized the theories of imperialism put forward in the early 20th century by John A. Hobson and Lenin. According to him, they used superficial arguments and weak evidence. Fieldhouse said that the obvious driving force of British expansion since 1870 had come from explorers, missionaries, engineers, and empire-minded politicians. They had little interest in financial investments.
David Kenneth Fieldhouse married Sheila Elizabeth Lyon in 1952. They had three children: one son and two daughters.