Breaking Into the Monopoly

Provincial Merchants and Manufacturers' Campaigns for Access to the Asian Market, 1790-1833
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-24172-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g

Reihe: Library of Economic History

Based on a number of historical documents, Breaking into the Monopoly examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised nationwide campaigns to break into the British East India Company’s monopoly for free access to Asian markets from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833. The analysis includes various aspects of the campaigners’ motives, strategies, methods, and networks, as well as their relationship with the London mercantile society in nineteenth-century Britain. The author, Yukihisa Kumagai, brings new insights to the question regarding the connection between the rapidly growing provincial mercantile and manufacturing interests and Britain’s economic and imperial policies during the Industrial Revolution.

Zielgruppe

Anyone interested in the histotry of the British East India Company as well as the growth of provincial cities in Britain during the period of the Industrial Revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumagai, Yukihisa

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Industrialisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Defending the Monopoly: The East India Company, 1790s–1830s
2. Challenging the Commercial Giant: The Glasgow East India Association, 1812–1813
3. Struggling for Lucrative Trade: The Glasgow East India Association, 1829–1833
4. Aiming for the Premier Port of the Empire: The Liverpool East India Association, 1812–1813 and 1829–1833
5. Searching for New Markets: The Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers, 1829–1833
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliographies
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kumagai, Yukihisa
Yukihisa Kumagai, Ph.D. (2008), University of Glasgow, is Assistant Professor of Economics Course at University of the Ryukyus, Japan. He has published academic journal articles on British economic history in the UK and Japan.