Flagships of imperialism : the P & O Company and the politics of empire from its origins to 1867.

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Flagships of Imperialism is the first scholarly monograph on the history of the P & O shipping company, and the first history of P & O to pay due attention to the context of nineteenth century imperial politics which so significantly shaped the company's development. Based chiefly on un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harcourt, Freda (Autor)
Otros Autores: Palmer, Sarah, 1943-, Harcourt, Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
Colección:Studies in imperialism.
Temas:
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company > History.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company > Political activity.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
1800-1899
Public contracts > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shipping > Great Britain > Colonies.
Ocean liners > Great Britain > History.
Ocean travel > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History.
Paquebots > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
British colonies
Commerce
Imperialism
Ocean liners
Ocean travel
Political participation
Public contracts
Great Britain > Colonies > Commerce.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Commerce.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'A large capital and great arrangements': P & O to 1840
  • Full steam ahead: west and east of Suez, 1840-45
  • From India to China: P & O and the opium trade, 1845-52
  • Competition and the route to Australia, 1847-57
  • Views from the boardroom, 1840-55
  • Nuts, bolts and money, 1843-65
  • Crisis and rescue, 1853-67.

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