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Two Centuries Of Overseas Trading

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  1. Stephanie Jones

    1. Inchcape PLC, London, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction: The Early Pioneers, from the Eighteenth Century to c. 1870

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 1-36

  3. An Entrepreneur par excellence: The First Lord Inchcape and the Growth of the Companies in India and at Home, c.1870–1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 37-78

  4. Shipping and Trading in the Persian Gulf: Gray Paul & Co. and Gray Mackenzie & Co., c.1870–1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 79-110

  5. A British Merchant Partnership in East Africa: Smith, Mackenzie & Co., 1877–1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 111-138

  6. Maritime Enterprise in Australia: the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company [AUSN Co.] and Macdonald Hamilton & Co., 1887–1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 139-158

  7. Trade in the Far East: Companies in Hong Kong, China and Japan, c1870–1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 159-194

  8. Merchants in the South China Seas: The Borneo Company Limited and the Anglo-Thai Corporation, c.1870 to 1939

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 195-219

  9. Conflict and Profit: The Companies in the Second World War, 1939–45

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 221-239

  10. Response to a Changing World: The Formation of the Inchcape Group of Companies, 1945–58

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 241-253

  11. Acquisitions and Consolidation: The Inchcape Group, 1958–84

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 255-290

  12. Conclusion

    • Stephanie Jones
    Pages 291-294

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 295-328
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Inchcape PLC, London, UK

    Stephanie Jones

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Two Centuries Of Overseas Trading

  • Authors: Stephanie Jones

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07376-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-37172-5Published: 18 May 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07376-4Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 328

  • Topics: International Economics

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