Trade and Shipping. Lord Inchcape 1852-1932
Details:
- Author(s) Jones, Stephanie
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 222pp
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Scholarly account providing a biography which covers his business and public career. Chapters include: 'Contacts and connections - early life in Arbroath and London, 1852-1874'; 'The merchant's apprentice - business life in India, 1874-1894'; 'Commercial spokesman and viceregal adviser - public life in India, 1874-1894'; 'Shipowner and empire builder - business life, 1894-1914'; 'Plenipotentiary and government watchdog - public fife, 1894-1914'; ''Let us go on with the war' - business and public life, 1914-1918'; ''Let us get on with our business', 1918-1932'; 'Retrenchment and disillusionment - public life, 1918-32'