Breaking into the Monopoly. Provincial merchants and manufacturers' campaigns for access to the Asian market, 1790-1833
Details:
- Author(s) Kumagai, Yukihisa
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 249pp
- Publisher Brill
- Place Published Leiden
Topics:
- Name International trade
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
- Name Business interest representation & co-operation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
'Examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester [largely derived from cotton goods production and trading interests] organised campaigns to end the British East India Company's monopoly from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833'. Chapters include: 'Defending the monopoly - the East India Co, 1790s-1830s'; 'Challenging the commercial giant - the Glasgow East India Association, 1812-1813'; 'Struggling for lucrative trade - the Glasgow East India Association, 1829-1833'; 'Aiming for the premier port of the empire - the Liverpool East India Association, 1812-1813 and 1829-1833'; 'Searching for new markets - the Manchester Chamber of Commerce & Manufacturers, 1829-1833'