Investment in Empire : British Railway and Steam Shipping Enterprise in India, 1825-1849 /

The subject of this work is the process by which steamship and railway lines for India were launched. These undertakings, particularly the railways, involved a large-scale investment of British capital in India. The terms under which this capital moved, and, more precisely, the struggle to secure th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorner, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Edición:Reprint 2016.
Temas:
Railroads > India.
Steamboat lines > Great Britain.
Investments, British > India.
Compagnies de navigation > Grande-Bretagne.
Investissements britanniques > Inde.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Investments, British.
Railroads.
Steamboat lines.
Great Britain.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. The Setting in Britain and in India
  • 2. Steam Navigation to India: Rise of the P. & O.
  • 3. From Steam Navigation to Steam Railways: R.M. Stephenson
  • 4. The F.I.R. and Its Rivals in the Ganges Valley
  • 5. The G.I.P. in the Bombay Deccan
  • 6. The Struggle for the Guarantee, 1846-49
  • 7. The Guaranteed Interest Railway Contract: Private Enterprise at Public Risk
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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