Stephanie Jones

Merchants of the Raj

British Managing Agency Houses in Calcutta Yesterday and Today
Mitarbeit:Earl of Inchcape

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Much has been written about the British experience in India. This book provides a study of British businesses in Calcutta, particularly the managing agency houses. It examines the histories of 15 major managing agencies via the personal experiences of nearly 70 employees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-12540-1
• 1st ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781349125401
• ISBN-10: 1349125407
• Artikelnr.: 44461886

Inhaltsangabe

The historical background, 1840-1939; war and nationalism, 1939-1947; independence and partition, 1947-1949; reorganization and adaptation, 1950s; the beginnings of indianization, 1960s-1976; formal indianization and after, 1976-1990s; the future; conclusions. Appendices: short biographies of "Merchants of the Raj"; selected chronology, with indian political and economic background; the indian companies acts and indian managing agencies; glossary of words in common usage among the British business community in Calcutta.