Harcourt Flagships of imperialism

The P&O Company and the Politics of Empire from its origins to 1867
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-145-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 63, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

The first scholarly monograph on the history of the P&O shipping company, which many would argue was the truly central and iconic shipping line of empire. It is also the first history of P&O to pay due attention to the political context – the politics of the British Empire – which shaped the company’s development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harcourt, Freda

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Schiffbau, Seeverkehr
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. ‘A Large Capital and Great Arrangements’: P&O to 1840
2. Full Steam Ahead: West and East of Suez, 1840-1845
3. From India to China: P&O and the Opium Trade, 1845-57
4. Competition and the Route to Australia, 1847-52
5. Views from the Boardroom, 1840-55
6. Nuts, Bolts and Money, 1843-65
7. Crisis and Rescue, 1853-67
Afterword by Sarah Palmer
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Freda Harcourt was until her retirement Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Sarah Palmer is Professor of Maritime History and Director of the Greenwich Maritime Institute, the University of Greenwich