'A British trading firm in the Far East. John Swire & Sons, 1867-1914' in S Yonekawa & H Yoshihara (eds), Proceedings of the Fuji Conference, 13, 1987. Business history of general trading companies

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Author(s) Sugiyama, Shinya
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1987
Pages pp171-202
Publisher University of Tokyo Press
Place Published Tokyo

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Name General trading cos
Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Examines 1] functioning and financing of the firm and its affiliates an 2] changing character and policy of the firm in the context of the rapidly changing political and economic situation in the Far East to 1914; with special reference to Swire's rivalry with Jardine Matheson & Co and the impact of the Japanese expansion into China