IMPERIALISM, The Highest Stage of CAPITALISM - A Popular Outline Unabridged with Original Tables and Footnotes (Aziloth Books)

Lenin looks at how Western capitalism in the mid-1800s transitioned inexorably from small businesses competing with one another into huge monopolies that concentrated labour, industry, natural resources and bank finance. The last stage of capitalism - the annexation of undeveloped countries - was the essence of imperialism.