British business in Asia since 1860
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British business in Asia since 1860
Produced by Amazon, c1989
1st pbk. ed
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2002, c1989
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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 Jurgen Osterhammel
- 8. British business in Japan since 1868 R. P. T. Davenport-Hines and Geoffrey Jones
- Notes
- Index.
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