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British Business in Asia since 1860

British Business in Asia since 1860

British Business in Asia since 1860

R. P. T. Davenport-Hines
Geoffrey Jones
February 1989
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9780521335270
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    This 1989 book examines the experience of British business in Asia since 1860. Following a wide-ranging introduction by the editors, there are essays by leading specialist historians on British business in Iran, India, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Russian Asia and Japan. The primary focus is on the impact of British commerce in the region, and the essays, based on research in British business archives and government papers, discuss the activities and performance of British companies. However, the book seeks to avoid a 'Euro-centred' approach by using Asian as much as British sources and by paying particular attention to the indigenous response to British commercial activity. The secondary theme is the relationship between British business and British and foreign government. The book, therefore, contributes to the wider debate on the business aspects of imperialism. In general, the essays, although drawing on extensive research in primary sources, are written as general surveys, and are thus easily accessible to non-specialists and students.

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    February 1989
    Hardback
    9780521335270
    318 pages
    229 × 152 × 22 mm
    0.64kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • List of illustrations
    • List of maps
    • List of tables
    • Preface
    • 1. British business in Asia since 1860 R. P. T. Davenport-Hines and Geoffrey Jones
    • 2. British business in Iran, 1860s–1970s Frances Bostock and Geoffrey Jones
    • 3. British business in Russian Asia since the 1860s: an opportunity lost? Christine White
    • 4. British business in India, 1860–1970 B. R. Tomlinson
    • 5. Early British business in Thailand Malcolm Falkus
    • 6. British business in Malaysia and Singapore since the 1870s Jean-Jacques van Helten and Geoffrey Jones
    • 7. British business in China, 1860s–1950s Jürgen Osterhammel
    • 8. British business in Japan since 1868 R. P. T. Davenport-Hines and Geoffrey Jones
    • Notes
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Frances Bostock, Christine White, B. R. Tomlinson, Malcolm Falkus, Jean-Jacques van Helten, Jürgen Osterhammel

    • Editors
    • R. P. T. Davenport-Hines
    • Geoffrey Jones