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Entrepreneurship in the age of empire : colonialism, collaboration and exploitation / Sarah Dietz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dietz, Sarah, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Routledge international studies in business history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship.
- Imperialism.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Sarah Dietz is a textile specialist who has received awards from the Royal Society of Arts and the Worshipful Company of Weavers in association with the Textile Institute. Following a successful career in the British textile industry, currently she works as an independent historian, specialising in the history of entrepreneurship.
- Contents:
- 1 The Company Prospectus and the Opportunity for Jute Growing in Assam: India and Eastern Trading Company - The Prospectus p. 12
- 2 German Enterprise in the British Empire p. 21 / Alexander Classen - The Founder
- 3 The Role of the Company Promoter in Joint-Stock Enterprise p. 43 / Henry Theodore van Laun - The Promoter
- 4 Networks, Patronage and their International Diffusion p. 72 / Eugene Auguste Digby - The Fundraiser
- 5 Gentlemanly Capitalism and Britain's Informal Empire in South America p. 98 / Stanley William Ford - The Chairman
- 6 International Corporate Governance and Creating a Competitive Investment Culture in Joint-Stock Companies p. 115 / Hugo Likiernik - The Company Secretary
- 7 Chamberlainism and the Impact of Increasing Anglo-German Antagonism on Commerce p. 134 / William Burton Stewart - The Politician
- 8 The Plantation Economy, Jute Cultivation and Land Speculation p. 160 / Bronislaw Oderfeld - The Industrialist
- 9 Rebranding and Refinancing Colonial Enterprise p. 183 / John Henry Grayson Riley - The Capitalist
- 10 The Amalgamation of Colonial Plantations During the First World War p. 204 / George St. Lawrence Mowbray - The Amalgamator.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dietz, Sarah, 1965- Entrepreneurship in the age of empire
- ISBN:
- 9781003053484
- 1003053483
- 9781000299557
- 1000299554
- 9781000299618
- 1000299619
- 9781000299588
- 1000299589
- Publisher Number:
- 40030337168
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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