'The 'Old Aunts'. Government, politicians and the oil business' in J Turner (ed), Businessmen and Politics. Studies of business activity in British politics, 1900-1945
Details:
- Author(s) Jones, Geoffrey
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1984
- Pages pp146-62
- Publisher Heinemann Educational Books
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Diplomatic issues inc imperialism
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with 'the old aunts' - governments and the politicians who control governments - and their involvement in the activities of oil companies, notably international ones, by way of many devices - regulatory control over exploration; creation of state owned oil companies; diplomatic activities for oil companies; anti trust activities; etc. Deals especially with the case of British oil companies, 1900-1940, and their emergence as leading international businesses by the 1920s