Merchants of the Raj : British Managing Agency Houses in Calcutta yesterday and today

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Merchants of the Raj : British Managing Agency Houses in Calcutta yesterday and today

Stephanie Jones ; foreword by the Earl of Inchcape

Macmillan Press, 1992

  • : softcover

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-423) and index

"softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1992" -- T.p. verso

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Much has been written about the British experience in India. This book provides a study of British businesses in Calcutta, particularly the managing agency houses. It examines the histories of 15 major managing agencies via the personal experiences of nearly 70 employees.

目次

  • The historical background, 1840-1939
  • war and nationalism, 1939-1947
  • independence and partition, 1947-1949
  • reorganization and adaptation, 1950s
  • the beginnings of indianization, 1960s-1976
  • formal indianization and after, 1976-1990s
  • the future
  • conclusions. Appendices: short biographies of "Merchants of the Raj"
  • selected chronology, with indian political and economic background
  • the indian companies acts and indian managing agencies
  • glossary of words in common usage among the British business community in Calcutta.

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