Flagships of imperialism : the P & O Company and the politics of empire from its origins to 1867.
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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| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Studies in imperialism.
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Table of Contents:
- '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.
