Romances of Free Trade: British Literature, Laissez-Faire, and the Global Nineteenth Century by Ayse Celikkol

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 236-237
Author(s):  
Lana L. Dalley
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
British Literature ◽  
Laissez Faire

Merchants, Money, and Mischief the British in Mexico, 1821-1862

1979 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Tenenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Political Life ◽  
British Imperialism ◽  
Official Policy ◽  
Laissez Faire

Scholars have frequently argued about the nature and extent of British participation in the economic and political life of the countries which emerged during the nineteenth century. Historians who seek to disprove general or specific theses concerning British imperialism in the nineteenth century, often focus their discussions on the doctrines of “Free Trade” and “Laissez-Faire” and their impact on the formulation and implementation of British official policy. They note that Britain refused any opportunity to attain formal special status and demanded that it have onlyequalopportunities for trade.

‘Laissez-faire’ or Active Intervention? The Nature of the British and Foreign Bible Society's Patronage of the Translation of the Chinese Union Versions

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE KAM WAH MAK
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Controlling Factor ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Bible Translation ◽  
Active Intervention ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
Ideological Influence ◽  
Laissez Faire

AbstractThis paper investigates the nature of the British and Foreign Bible Society's (BFBS) patronage of the translation of the Chinese Union Versions (CUVs), the largest Chinese Protestant Bible translation project initiated by the western Protestant churches in the nineteenth century. Drawing on André Lefevere's concept of patronage, it delves into how the BFBS served as a controlling factor of the translation of the CUV by examining the BFBS's financial support to the translation project, conferment of honorary titles to the translators and ideological influence on the translators’ choice of Greek text as the basis for the CUVs New Testament translation.

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